一本美丽的书，提出画家对静物画的着迷比以前认为的要早得多。

这本有说服力且插图精美的书断言，艺术家对静物画的着迷和精湛的静物画技艺比以前想象的要早得多。**的学者David Ekserdjian探索了这个流派在古典时代的起源（而不是17世纪初）和静物画在文艺复兴时期逐渐再现。作者展示了一个由在油画中看到的画得很好的花卉，水果，食物，家用物品和家具组成的视觉选集。油画被完整复制，并与该作品中静物画元素的详细特写镜头搭配。Ekserdjian进一步研究了所选细节的艺术意义和象征意义，以及每位艺术家的职业信息。介绍的作品包括达文西，杜勒，霍尔拜因，米开朗基罗，拉斐尔和范艾克等文艺复兴时期名人的光彩照人的的油画，以及不那么出名的大师巴泰勒米•德艾克和奥尔托拉诺的作品。

A beautiful book that argues artists were fascinated by still life painting considerably earlier than previously thought

This eloquent and generously illustrated book asserts that artists were fascinated by and extremely skilled at still life significantly earlier than previously thought. Instead of the genre beginning in the early 17th century, noted scholar David Ekserdjian explores its origins in classical antiquity and the gradual re-emergence of still life in Renaissance painting. The author presents a visual anthology of finely executed flowers, fruit, food, household objects, and furnishings seen in the background of paintings. Paintings are reproduced in full and paired with detailed close-ups of still-life elements within the work.

Ekserdjian further examines both the artistic and symbolic significance of a chosen detail, as well as information about each artist’s career. Featured works include radiant paintings from Renaissance greats such as Da Vinci, Dürer, Holbein, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Van Eyck, as well as the work of less-celebrated masters Barthélemy d’Eyck and Ortolano.