tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post8764910650215919658..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: A PuzzleNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-16336594564807801942017-01-05T14:48:29.045+00:002017-01-05T14:48:29.045+00:00I think the point of all those Dutch flower painti...I think the point of all those Dutch flower paintings is that they are meant to be seen as a memento mori. Dutch artists were a very didactic lot. Yes, the flowers are beautiful but they wither and die - they are but a fleeting snapshot of beauty. We are all dust etc. And there is deliberate artifice contained within the pictures as the blooms portrayed could not all be in season at the same time so they were never meant to be seen as still lives. You have got me thinking and I'm going to have to go back to my books to see if I can find a vase of flowers in any Dutch interior scenes. I suspect they would have been considered out of place by the conventions of Dutch genre painting.Sophie Kingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-29180455054999546382016-12-29T12:28:30.107+00:002016-12-29T12:28:30.107+00:00Or maybe the expense? Or I wonder if they actually...Or maybe the expense? Or I wonder if they actually preferred paintings of flowers, or the idea of flowers, to the real things - a bit like today when so many people prefer cookery on TV to actual cooking. Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-25413333528728495232016-12-29T08:24:11.990+00:002016-12-29T08:24:11.990+00:00Tulip fatigue? Tulip fatigue? Guy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.com