Lecture 26

     Lecture 26: Still Lives in Painting

A.  F. Eckstein- Untersuchungen uber Stilleben 1957

B.  G.E. Rizzo in Monumenti della pittura 1935

C. J.M. Croisille 1965

D. Pliny 35.112

     Namque subtexi par est minoris picturae celebres

     penicillo e quibus Piraeicus.

     Arte paucis postferendus, proposito nescio, an destruxerit

    se, quoniam humilia quidem, secutus humilitatis tamen

    summam adeptus est gloriam.

    Tonstrinas, sutrinasque pinxit et asellos et obsonia ac   

    similia ob haec cognomantus rhyparographus.

    Tonstrinas= barber shops

    Sutrinas= cobbler shops

    Obsonia= things eaten with bread such as vegetables,

                     fruit, fish        Obsonator= caterer

    Rhyparographus= sordid or filthy odds and ends!

2. Greek xenia or guest presents

E. Evolution

     l. Second style examples are clear and realistic succulent

       and ripe, restrained impressionism

    2. Later examples quite sketchy

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