Things, a history of still lifes

October 12, 2022 January 23, 2023 Exhibition has ended

The exhibition Things, authored by Laurence Bertrand Dorléac, proposes a new take on what was long seen as a minor genre, whose name - 'still life' - is intriguing in itself. Depictions of things, which date back to prehistoric times, are a wonderful window into history. Artists were the first to take things seriously by recognising their presence, imbuing them with life, glorifying their forms and meanings, their power and charm. They captured the ability of objects to fire our imagination - to ...
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Things. A History of Still Life - Exhibition catalogue

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Exhibition catalogue Les choses. Une histoire de la nature morte

MX012631

€ 39

This catalogue is a wonderful dive into the heart of things since the beginning of humanity.
Artists were the first to take things seriously. They have represented them in many ways. They have made them lively and interesting by highlighting their form, their meaning, their power, their charm. They grasped their ability to make us imagine, think, believe, doubt, dream, act.
Their representations show that the boundary between what is and what is not, between the living and the non-living, is constantly changing. Things speak about themselves and about us, all together in the same world.

Through their inspired texts, more than two hundred authors bring us into the singular universe of things. The chosier, made up of contemporary texts and drawings, offers us a panorama of the sensibilities of our time, where all types of knowledge are invited: art history, history, philosophy, literature, poetry, law, economics, gastronomy, design or botany. Under the guise of talking about things, this book tells us a lot about ourselves.

Exhibition at the musée du Louvre from October 12th 2022 to January 23rd 2023.

French

448 pages / 240 illustrations
Coedited Lienart / Louvre éditions

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