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Looking at the Overlooked

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Looking at the Overlooked by Norman Bryson delves into the origins, history, and significance of still-life painting, tracing its evolution from Roman wall paintings through to Cubism. Bryson offers a compelling analysis of this enduring Western art form, highlighting how its persistent undervaluation is deeply connected to the historical repression of women.
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Ideal for readers interested in art history, cultural studies, and feminist perspectives within the arts.

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Analyses the origins, history and logic of 'still life', one of the most enduring forms of Western painting. This work surveys a major segment in the history of still life, from 17th-century Spanish painting to Cubism. It tackles the controversial field of 17th-century Dutch still life.

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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 at his brilliant best.

Series: Essays in Art and Culture

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Frances Spalding, The Independent: 'Few art historians can unpeel images in the way that he does.'
Good Book Guide: 'The still-life really comes alive in this book.'

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780948462061

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 February 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Reaktion Books

Illustration: 76 illustrations, 11 in colour

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 192

About the Author

Norman Bryson is Professor of Art History and Theoretical Studies at the Slade School of Art, University of London. He has written extensively on painting and critical theory.

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