Level 5 photography
Still Life- Vanitas/ Nature Motre
Introduction to Vanitas/Nature Motre
The 17th Century vanitas pieces began to develop deeper meaning than religion and portraiture, as the pieces may lie in their family fully self conscious acceptance of their 'internal flaw'. Vanitas is built on conflict between world rejection and desires. Dutch still life want their images to represent a faithful record of the hours spent in their production. Dutch still life is unique for the symmetry between anonymous and self techniques and the range of possibilities afforded by rhopographic painting. Rhopography works against the idea of greatness, exploration of others passions, ambitions, heroism and daily living.
Dutch still life painters are not attracted by still life as self expression, they know in society awareness of class and ordinary and everyday experience of eating and drinking.
The phrase Nature Motre- translated as Nature Dead was used to describe the genre after the 17th century. Vanitas relates to Nature Morte paintings with meanings to relate to vanity and death. Nature Motre and vanitas paintings are symbolism, meaning, composition and lighting that is the most important factors to consider a successful painting.
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