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aesthetics of objects
art and philosophy
art criticism
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eighteenth-century art
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European art history
forthcoming
Giorgio Morandi
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
material culture
materiality in art
painting analysis
still life painting
twentieth-century painting
visual studies
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- ISBN 9780520416994
- Dimensions: 152 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 09 Jun 2026
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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How does still life “matter”? The two essays in this book, based on Carol Armstrong’s lectures as part of the 2020 Franklin D. Murphy Lectureship at the University of Kansas, explore the concept of “material thought” as it relates to still life. Armstrong looks at two major figures of European still-life painting: eighteenth-century French artist Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin and twentieth-century Italian painter Giorgio Morandi. She discusses their paintings alongside the works of other European painters, philosophers, and critics. These close readings consider the question of how we understand materiality in relation to still-life painting and the material objects this genre represents.
Carol Armstrong is Professor of History of Art at Yale University, where she teaches nineteenth-century European art. Her most recent books are Cézanne’s Gravity and Painting Photography Painting.
