The Magic of things
Subtitle: still-life painting, 1500-1800
By: edited by Jochen Sander.
Contributors: Sander, Jochen.; Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut Frankfurt am Main.; Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel.; Hessisches Landesmuseum (Darmstadt, Germany)
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ostfildern [Germany]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9783775722070; 9783775722063
Subjects: Nature morte européenne -- Expositions
Genres: Expositions
Notes: "An exhibition of the Städel Museum Frankfurt and the Kunstmuseum Basel in cooperation with the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt"--P. de t.

Also published in German as: Die Magie der Dinge.

"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition The Magic of Things--Still-Life Painting 1500-1800, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, March 20 to August 17, 2008, Kunstmuseum Basel, September 5, 2008 to January 4, 2009"--P. de t.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 362-363).
Table of contents: title: The still life before the still life / Stephan Kemperdick, Jochen Sander; title: How Netherlandish artists brought still-life painting to the banks of the river Main / Gerhard Bott; title: Vanitas and banquet still life / Fred G. Meijer; title: From the waters : fish still life / Julie Berger Hochstrasser; title: The "noble" game piece : origins and efflorescence / Ursula Härting; title: Cartouche and niche paintings / Magdalena Kraemer-Noble; title: Jan Davidsz. de Heem and his circle / Sam Segal; title: The sottobosco / Magdalena Kraemer-Noble; title: Willem Van Aelst and his school / Sam Segal; title: Still-life painting in the eighteenth century / Heidrun Ludwig.