The art of the still life : still life painting in the early modern period / Norbert Schneider ; [English translation, Hugh Beyer]

K�ln : Benedikt Taschen, 1994. Softcover. Fine paperback copy with French flaps. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 215 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (page 215).Translated from the German by Hugh Beyer. Contents; Introduction -- Origins and early stages of the still life -- Kitchen scenes -- Game still lifes -- Depictions of the five senses -- Vanitas still lifes -- Dessert and confectionery still lifes -- Ontbijtjes : laid tables -- Fruit still lifes (fruit baskets) -- Flower still lifes -- Religious still lifes of flowers and fruit -- 'Museums,' wonder chambers and natural history collections -- Musical instruments -- Weapons -- Books -- Forest still lifes. Subjects; 1500-1699. Still-life painting 16th century. Still-life painting 17th century. Still-life painting History. Still-life painting. Art, European - 16th/17th centuries.