Technical

Lighting: The lighting in this painting is minimal and most likely natural from a window.

Visual

There an abundance of different colours in this painting. There’s lots of rich orange which shows wealth because at the time bright fabrics were expensive so were only bought by the rich. There’s also a lot of gold which also symbolises wealth.

Contextual

This painting was painted by Willem Kalf a Dutch still-life painter. His style of still life was called ‘pronkstilleven’ which translates as the life that is luxurious with items that represent wealth. This specific painting is called ‘Still Life with a Nautilus Cup’, 1662. A Nautilus cup was seen as the item of kings in the 17th century.

Conceptual

In the foreground, you can see the items resting on a marble that symbolizes wealth. Many items in the image symbolize wealth as well. The china pot, the shell chalice, and even the orange and lemon are all symbols of wealth because the orange and the lemon were originally grown in Asia and are symbolic of trade. The peeled lemon is supposed to represent the passing of time but also Lemons were very expensive so they were popular because they showed wealth in the 16th century because only the rich traded with the east. Lemons are very sour and bitter so they were considered to symbolize deceptive allure/attraction of earthly beauty. The focal point of the image is the lemon because the light has illuminated the lemon the most, whereas everything else is slightly submerged in darkness.

Famous Still life artists: Van Gogh. Wilhelm Kalf, Pieter Claesz,

Ancient History

The earliest forms of still life could be considered to be caveman paintings or Egyptian. wall paintings from 15 BCE. A still life is a piece of art illustrating an inanimate object. The most famous case of the Egyptian still life comes from a tomb in Menna which depicted everyday objects and life.

Ancient Greeks and Romans also did forms of Still life art. often in the form of mosaic or Fresco.

The Middle Ages

Still Life art was adapted for religious purposes. Religious symbols were painted and still-life images were painted to fill manuscripts. Objects like coins, seashells, and fruit were painted into these religious books.

Renaissance

Artists in the north popularised paintings of flowers. As these paintings became trendy the rich would get exotic flowers originally from other countries or other continents painted in order to show off their wealth. In the 17th century painting, everyday objects became very popular. Different objects became different symbols for wealth, mortality, death.

Dutch Golden Age

Dutch artists took a particular interest in still life paintings but they took it one step further. A specific style called Vanitas developed which was characteristically known by having a skull in the painting. They were inspired by a specific Latin style memento mori which means ‘remember you have to die.’ The difference was that Vanitas paintings also contained books and musical instruments to represent the vanity of life.

Modern Art

Still life remained popular in the modern art movement. Impressionists like Van Gogh adopted flower vases as their subjects and apples, wine glasses and water jugs became very popular as subjects.

Contemporary Art

Now in the 21st century still life has taken on another new style called hyperreality, which is a contemporary twist on still life. This is either done through really realistic paintings or photographs.

-Jersey’s repository for a#rchival material like maps, photos and documents.

-It was formed in 1993.

-they have the occupation and alien cards from the occupation.

the documents are contained in three different vaults all at different chilling temperatures.

-The documents are often contained in acid proof boxes.

This is the alien card that my great- great granadfather was issued . He was the original Le Clezio from my father’s side who came over from France.

This is my Grandfather’s occupation card. All my relates between my great-great grandfather have occupation cards.

The War Tunnels

-Builts during the occupations by a slave labour, the majority were french, Russian or Polish.

-There week voluntied skilled paid workers.

-Originally built as a vast tunnel system.

-1943 it was converted into a casulty cleariing operation in an allied invaison of Europe/ emrergency hospital.

Candid

Examples:

Definition:

A candid photo is a photo taken without posing or positioning The image is normally taken without the subject’s consent or awareness.

List of Candid Photographers:

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

Garry Winogrand (1928–1984)

Vivian Maier (1926-2009)

Josef Koudelka (1938- )

Robert Doisneau (1912-1994)

Jill Freedman (1939-)

Walker Evans (1903-1975

Editing:

I really like this photo because of the way it’s taken completely hidden and is taken at an interesting angle. You can see the interior and exterior of the building both giving you ideas about who the subject is.

I really like this image because it’s taken without the subject’s knowledge and you have interest in both the background and the forground.

I think this image is interesting because there’s a lot in the image and at the center of it all you have the subject gnawing on an icecream. I also like the vibrancy of the image and the amount of detail in it. I like the wide angle of the room so that you can see pictures on the walls that tell you about the person and shows you the faces of their family and their past.

Environmental

Examples:

Definition:

A portrait taken in the subjects usual enviroment, usually home or work place with the background maybe slightly blurred or illuminated.

My Selection

Editing:

I like this edit because I’ve got the subject actively working and you can see items in the background that give a sense of who she is, what she does every day. I increased shadows and decreased contrast in order to create more varients in shading. If I took the image again I’d try and focus more on her eyes.

I really like how this image is framed with the parts of the stairs and how you can see whats going on inm the background but it’s blurry so there’s more of a focus on the subject.

Hedley Hinault and Joyce De la Hay

Joyce

-She walked to school from Greve de lec.

-She went to church on a Sunday.

-No one was allowed on the beaches, and the Germans were in all the hotels like the Prince of Wales.

-You could only go fishing if you bought a German with you.

-During Liberation she was at home because there wasn’t a way for her to get all the way to town.

Hedley

-Left school at 14.

-He was made Herdsman by his father.

-During the occupation, farmers had to grow so much wheat in order to feed the Germans and everyone else.

-The wheat was cut and stacked.

-He was too young to carry the stacks so he did rounds with the cider. One day the German guard that was sent was really young and had his eye on the cider.

-Hedley kept offering him glass after glass till the German was passed out drunk.

-He got his father who told everyone what he’d done in Jersey French.

-They all took and hid some of the wheat.

-After that, they always sent two Germans instead.

-Liberation he rung the bell at St Lawrence church till 1 pm then went out with a girl to see Liberation but it was so busy they couldn’t see anything.