The matter of still life : between Chardin and Morandi /

"How does still life 'matter'? Through two essays based on Carol Armstrong's 2020 Franklin D. Murphy Lectures at the University of Kansas, this project brings into focus material thought as it relates to still life. Exploring two major figures of European still life painting--eig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Armstrong, Carol M. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, in association with the Spencer Museum of Art and Kress Foundation Department of Art History, the University of Kansas, [2026]
Series:	University of Kansas Franklin D. Murphy lecture series.
Subjects:	Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon, > 1699-1779 > Criticism and interpretation. Morandi, Giorgio, > 1890-1964 > Criticism and interpretation. Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon, > 1699-1779 Morandi, Giorgio, > 1890-1964 Still-life painting. Nature morte. still lifes. Still-life painting Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Cardin, Diderot, and the muteness of made things : between ekphrasis and the encyclopedia
Giorgio Morandi and the matter of still life.