Fruits

Fruits and vegetables, like colors, possess values ​​in culture, and in the book these values ​​are indicated. The fruits are addressed immediately to the three senses of a person - to vision, smelling and taste. And the taste, in turn, in the XVII century, is acquired not only literal importance, but also one more - the ability of a person to enjoy the works of art. Therefore, fruits on still lifes are becoming not only images of food, but also important aesthetic objects that carry information about the people of a particular era and their ideas about the world. The reader will be interested to know that the symbolism of fruit is closely related to the structure of the human body. Pomegranate juice or red grape wine was likened by the blood of Christ, and then - and any righteous blood, and also connected with the motives of immortality and resurrection. The main values ​​of fruits are given in art. In the book you can see how the still lifeline painting developed to Caravaggio and after. The book is intended wide