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An adequate theory of representation must take into account the culturally
specific circumstances in which visual images function. . . . Works of art
embody the collective psychology of entire nations and epochs in
perceptible form.
--Claire Farago
The topic of Renaissance art often draws to mind the master figures of
Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo; with their sweeping effects on their
own time and influence on artists who followed, they left behind some of
the world's most beloved and appreciated pieces of art. Though certainly
lesser known, two seventeenth-century Dutch artists each created a
respectable body of work in the Renaissance period as well: Pieter
Gerritsz and Pieter Claesz. Their works consist of primarily still-life
paintings; those commonly placed in monographs include Gerritsz' Still
Life of the Paston (Yarmouth) Collection and Claesz' Still Life with
Turkey-Pie. The painting by Gerritsz, now found in the Castle Museum in
Norwich, England,......

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