Stylistic Elements of Art Jan Term Paper

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Clara Peeters "Still Life with Flowers, Goblet, Dried Fruit and Pretzels" is a far more humble scene. However, the warm light the title objects are bathed in suggests great significance is given to these objects by the owner and the users of these everyday things. The Brueghel and Rubins painting tells the story of the painting for the viewer, but Peeters' leaves it an open question why the warm bowl of fruit has been assembled, why the handmade pretzels have been positioned with such care. Perhaps it is a festival day, that is why the best goblet is set out for the viewer's perusal and fresh flowers have been cut and arranged to delight the eye.

The viewer engages with the work, rather than marvels at the meaning or the masterpieces set before him or her, as if he or she has been invited into the artist's home and asked to gaze upon the arrangement. Although there are no living people in the scene, there is a sense of movement, as if the hostess has just made the arrangement of the objects and just left the frame, only moments ago. The humility and humbleness of the work commands the viewer, rather than causes the viewer to turn away from the work. The ceremonial placement of the bowl is not unlike what one might encounter in a party, even today, but the love with which the bowl seems to be positioned, and the festivity of the flowers and what seems like food bought specially for the occasion makes the subject worthy of attention.

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The feeling of the space may be small and intimate, but the emotion and sense of hospitality is large. Although the objects themselves are clearly of a specific place and time, the needs they fulfill, of warmth, nurturance, and sustenance, add a kind of timeless quality to the still life.

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