10/11/2012

Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin - Still Life

Diderot said that Chardin's brush 'contained the materials of everyday life'. 


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  1. That silver bowl is breathtaking. Imagine: it has been painted with a hand and a brush, and a soul.

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    1. Yes, and you could almost taste the peas, Teresa. I wish I could grow peas like that. Tour de force.

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