Rachel Ruysch : Nature into Art / Robert Schindler, Bernd Ebert, and Anna C. Knaap ; with contributions by Marianne Berardi [and 7 others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schindler, Robert, author.

Ebert, Bernd, author.

Knaap, Anna C., author.

Contributor:

Alte Pinakothek (Munich, Germany), organizer, host institution.

Toledo Museum of Art, organizer, host institution.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, organizer, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ruysch, Rachel, 1664-1750--Catalogs.

Ruysch, Rachel.

Flowers in art--Catalogs.

Flowers in art.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

247 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 30 cm

Edition:

First Edition

Other Title:

Nature into Art.

Place of Publication:

Boston : MFA Publications, [2024]

Summary:

"At the end of the 17th century and beginning of the 18th, Rachel Ruysch was celebrated across Europe for her sumptuous floral still lifes, admired both for their artistry and for their accurate depictions of flowers, fruit and insects. Often placed on stone ledges and against dark backgrounds, her sumptuous bouquets seem to spill over with all manner of colorful flowers and plants, as bees and butterflies flit to and from their petals. Ruysch's star faded after the close of the Dutch Golden Age, but late 20th- and early 21st-century interest in women artists has returned her to the forefront of the art historical canon. Nature into Art introduces today's audiences to Ruysch's achievements while also exploring the pioneering role of women artists and scientists in the Dutch Republic in the 17th and 18th centuries. Brilliantly illustrated with detailed reproductions of Ruysch's intricate paintings, the essays touch upon Ruysch's career and her immediate legacy while also widening their scope to consider the role of botany in the early modern era and the storied tradition of botanical illustration. The catalog also includes an index of the various flora and fauna depicted within Ruysch's work, which feature both native and nonnative species."-- description from https://www.artbook.com/9780878468997.html, accessed 20250110.

Contents:

Rachel Ruysch: a (re)introduction / Robert Schindler

The artful nature of Rachel Ruysch: what distinguishes her painted world / Marianne Berardi

Amsterdam's Flora: Rachel Ruysch within a network of horticultural collectors / Anna C. Knaap

Art is human added to nature / Bert van de Roemer

Painting the botanical world / Charles C. Davis

The diversity and beauty of nature / Katharina Schmidt-Loske

Surinam toads / Robert Schindler

Beyond beauty: collecting Ruysch in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / Bernd Ebert

Forever in Bloom / Josephina de Fouw, Nochka de Keyser, and Jorinde Koenen

Painting with poetry / Lieke van Deinsen.

Notes:

Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by and held at the Alte Pinakothek, 26 November 2024 - 16 March 2025; the Toldeo Museum of Art, 13 April - 7 July 2025; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 23 August - 7 December 2025.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-230) and index.

Local Notes:

Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by and held at the Alte Pinakothek, 26 November 2024 - 16 March 2025; the Toldeo Museum of Art, 13 April - 7 July 2025; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 23 August - 7 December 2025.

ISBN:

9780878468997

0878468994

OCLC:

1477813916