Looking at the Overlooked
Norman BrysonIn this, the only up-to-date critical work on still life painting in any language, Norman Bryson analyses the origins, history and logic of ‘still life’.
In this classic Reaktion title, Norman Bryson analyses the origins, history and logic of still-life, one of the most enduring forms of Western painting. From Roman wall-painting to Cubism, and from seventeenth-century Dutch still-life to Bryson’s conclusion that the persisting tendency to downgrade the genre of still-life is profoundly rooted in the historical oppression of women, Looking at the Overlooked is Norman Bryson is at his brilliant best.
In this, the only up-to-date critical work on still life painting in any language, Norman Bryson analyses the origins, history and logic of ‘still life’.
In this classic Reaktion title, Norman Bryson analyses the origins, history and logic of still-life, one of the most enduring forms of Western painting. From Roman wall-painting to Cubism, and from seventeenth-century Dutch still-life to Bryson’s conclusion that the persisting tendency to downgrade the genre of still-life is profoundly rooted in the historical oppression of women, Looking at the Overlooked is Norman Bryson is at his brilliant best.
In this, the only up-to-date critical work on still life painting in any language, Norman Bryson analyses the origins, history and logic of ‘still life’.
In this classic Reaktion title, Norman Bryson analyses the origins, history and logic of still-life, one of the most enduring forms of Western painting. From Roman wall-painting to Cubism, and from seventeenth-century Dutch still-life to Bryson’s conclusion that the persisting tendency to downgrade the genre of still-life is profoundly rooted in the historical oppression of women, Looking at the Overlooked is Norman Bryson is at his brilliant best.
Norman Bryson is Professor of Art History at the University of California, San Diego. He has written extensively on painting and critical theory.