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    Objects of Wonder: four Centuries of Still Life from the Norton Museum of Art

    Objects of Wonder: four Centuries of Still Life from the Norton Museum of Art

    Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens

    October 17, 2010-January 9, 2011

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    Dating back to ancient Egyptian funerary painting, still life is the depiction of an arrangement of diverse inanimate objects, including items of food (especially fruit and game), plants, and artifacts. In Classical Greece and Rome, highly lifelike still-life compositions appeared as elements in decorative frescoes and mosaics. Centuries later in the mid-1400s, both natural and manmade accessories emerged as symbolic props in religious works by Netherlandish artists, leading to what is referred to as the Golden Age of still-life painting in Europe in the next century. From simple compositions to more complex table-top arrangements, still life is a surprisingly diverse genre that continues to be explored and reinvented today.
    Objects of Wonder assembles fifty-two works of art from the collection of the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, focusing on the intriguing genre of still life. The exhibition illuminates the progression of the still life over the past four centuries, from the Ming Dynasty in China to the early 2000s through the work of some of the most famous artists in history, including Gustave Courbet, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and Georgia O’Keeffe.


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        Dixon Gallery and Gardens

        4339 Park Avenue
        Memphis, TN 38117

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        Adults - $7
        Seniors (65+) - $5
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        October 17, 2010-January 9, 2011

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        Tuesday - Friday: 10 am - 4 pm
        Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm
        Sunday: 1- 5 pm

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