Frankenstein, Alfred, "The Reality of Appearance: the Trompe L'Oeil Tradition in American Painting," Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society (University of California, Berkeley), 1970. "The Peale ...

The Hyde Collection exhibit blends three shows from women artists across centuries into a unified exploration of the still ...

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In a still life painting, the subjects cannot move. The bowl of fruit remains sedentary on the table. The hunk of cheese goes uneaten. The candles do not flicker. That's the rule according to the very ...

If still-life painting is the art of arresting decay, then it makes a lot of sense that Rachel Ruysch grew up to become one of the greatest still-life painters in the history of art. In the 17th ...

An authoritative artist has many rules for his still life painting. Too bad! Because the mouse, the dragon, the knight, and the princess are here... In a 'Still Life' painting nothing moves — but, ...