Emil Carlsen Conscious Painting

Author : Arthur Edwin Bye
Publisher : Kiefer Press
ISBN 13 : 1443726966
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book Pots and Pans Or Studies in Still-Life Painting written by Arthur Edwin Bye and published by Kiefer Press. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: POTS AND PANS OR STUDIES IN STILL-LIFE PAINTING BY ARTHUR EDWIN BYE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON LONDON HUMPHREY MILFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS t KMIL CAHLttKN, MAN A1UN BKAIXS TO PREFACE Still-life painting is a field of artistic activity which has been neglected by writers. Countless volumes have been published dealing with art epochs, or the great na tional schools of painting, religious painting, figure painting, illuminated manuscripts, book illustrations, engraving, etc. There are few books, however, dealing with special problems in painting such as that of land scape. No volume discussing the particular problem of still-life painting, either historically or aesthetically, has, to my knowledge, ever appeared. It has been my aim to remedy this apparent lack. Still-life painting is a modest art. The pots and pans, or the fruit and flowers, the humble elements composing a still-life picture, perforce make the painter and his art as modest as themselves. And so, in keeping with the character of my subject, I have endeavored to present, in as simple a way as possible, the charm of still-life painting and its historic development. The book is intended for lovers of art. Conscious of the fact that neither my title nor my subject will ap peal to those who understand nothing of art, I have not endeavored to be popular. Neither have I attempted to vii Vlll PREFACE be technical. The readers to whom this book is likely to appeal are those who already have a cultivated appre ciation for art and a never-failing interest in it. To those I address myself. No further preface is necessary. I wish, however, in this place to acknowledge my indebtedness to those who have aided me in my work.To Professor Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., who read my manuscript and offered many valuable suggestions for its improvement, 1 owe many thanks. His brilliant style as a writer and his keen critical discernment have been a constant inspiration to me, just as the supreme accomplishment of the still-life pictures of Emil Carlsen has given me that conviction of the aesthetic importance of still-life painting which I needed for my work. To my brother-in-law, Mr. Carel Heldring, I must also express ray gratitude. Without his encouragement and sympathy 1 would have lacked much of the enthu siasm which fortunately I possessed, I must also acknowledge my appreciation of the as sistance furnished by the following persons who courte ously lent photographs for reproduction Messrs. Emil and Dines Carlsen, Mr. Henry Rittenberg, Mr, Hugh Breckenridge, Mr. Robert Macbeth, Mrs. Cornelia B. Sage Quinton. AETHUE EDWIN BYE. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Preface vii List of Illustrations xi Chapter 1. The Historic Prejudice 1 Chapter 2. Forerunners of Still-life Painting. . . 21 Chapter 3. Dutch and Flemish Still-life Painting 48 i. Pots and Pans 45 ii. Trophies of the Hunt 57 in. Fruit and Flowers 68 IT, Herring and Wine 81 Chapter 4. The Vanitas and Bodegone Painters of Spain 89 i. Alonzo Vasquez 91 11. Velasquez 92 in. Valdes Leal 96 rv. Pereda 98 Chapter 5. French Still-life Painting 99 i. Chardin 101 IL Courbet 107 in. Manet 113 fc X TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE iv, Fantin-Latour 121 v. Vollon 126 vi. Cfeanne 132 vn. Impressionism and Post Impres sionism 140 Chapter 6. Chinese and Japanese Still-life Paint ing 151 I. Chinese Flower Painting ........ 158 ii Japanese Still-life 108 Chapter 7. Modem Duteh StilRifePainting, . . 175 Chapter 8. American Still-life Painting 189 i. Flowers 191 ii. Fish 201 in, Aneient and Decorative Objects. . 209 iv. Conclusion 224 Index 229 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE MANDARIN BEADS, BY EMIL CARLSEN . ., FRONTISPIECE DREAM OP ST. URSULA, BY VITTORIO CARPACCIO ... 26 STILL-LIFE, BY JACOPO DE BARBARI 6 JOHN ARNOLFINI AND His WIFE, BY JAN VAN EYCK . . 80 LEGEND OF ST. ELIGIUS, BY PETRUS CHRISTUS, . . 90 BANKER AND His WIFE, BY QUENTIN MATSYS .... 34 MARKET SCENE, BY JOACHIM DE BEUKELAER .... 84 ST. JEROME IN His STUDY, BY ALBERT DURER ......