ARTH 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pieter Claesz, Clara Peeters, Judith Leyster
7 Jun 2019
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There was religious controversy some thought it was a form of iconoclasm. ^ in response, many artists made the viewer aware that what they were looking at was in fact a painting. Pieter claesz, vanitas still life, c 1630 this is a watch in the bottom corner. Mirrored ball - he gives us the regular painting showing off what he can do. Back of the clock which he has chosen to highlight. He is freezes this moment in time main theme: time. Example from reading clara peeters, still life , 1612 (karlsruhe) Flowers = ephemeral only look like that for a few days, they do not last. Back goblets she depicting herself as a artist because of the reflective surface and cleverly in the goblet you are just seeing her skill not her outside demeanor. And a painter at the same class. Comparison with peeters still life: reflective surfaces within pictures. Three types that author from the reading looks at:
