Artists have many times wanted to capture something that had a classical theme or idea in it. When we see vases and grapes we perhaps think about something from the past. The Greeks were fond of their grapes and their wine. Lemons have oftentimes been a subject of interest to the artist. The Flemish artists many times cut a lemon to see it unravel its skin and flesh. So here with all of these varied objects, is my rendition of a classical theme.
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X-Chel 22 Jan 2012
Very nice still life! Beautiful, sparkling colors and good rendering of the light. Are the statuaries portrayals of different forms/versions of Aphrodite/Venus (the one to the left looks like a Aphrodite/Venus "Kallipygos" and the one to the right looks like some version of Aphrodite/Venus of Melos/Milo)?