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Whitney Johnson
History 300
5-1-06
Simply Wonderful Still Life

I absolutely adore going to museums, so anytime I get to go it's a splendid experience. The only bad thing about going to the Crocker Art Museum was trying to convince Ryan to come along with me. After some prodding and pulling he caved in. There are so many great pieces at the museum but one that really caught my eye was a simple yet very intriguing piece. Painted by David de Heem I, Still Life with Fruit, 1622 oil on panel. This simple yet stunning piece really caught my eye and I decided to write my analysis of this piece.
In this very dark painting you feel as if there is nothing else in the world but the fruit and glass left on this wooden table. The background of the painting is very dark and has only a few different variations of color/shading seen in the back. However even if the background seems dark and dreary the main subject in the wondrous fruit that sit before us on the beautiful wooden table.......

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