Still-Life as Portrait in Early Modern Italy: Baschenis, Bettera and the Painting of Cultural Identity (Hardcover)

Chapter I: Introduction Chapter II: Still-Life as Culture 1. The Biographies of Evaristo Baschenis and Bartolomeo Bettera 2. Still-life painting in Seventeenth-Century Lombardy 3. Still-Life (with Musical Instruments) Is Not Just Vanitas 4. Still-Life Painting - The State of Research 5. Baschenis's and Bettera's Still-Life Paintings - The State of Research 6. Bergamo - Portrait of an Ebullient Cultural Hub Chapter III: Keeping Score: Painting Music 1. The Conception of Music in Italy of the Early Modern Period: Sounds, Words, and Colour 2. Music in Bergamo 3. The Music Paintings - Variations Composed by Baschenis and Bettera with their Paintbrush Chapter IV: Banned Books and Blockbusters 1. Books and Libraries in seventeenth-Century Bergamo 2. Books in Baschenis` paintings 3. Books in Bettera's Paintings Chapter V: A Double Act: Still-Life and Theatre 1. A Gaze at the Theatre 2. The Background and the Stage 3. Curtains 4. Table Coverings and Carpets 5. Stage Props 6. Seven Modes of Painting-Theatre Chapter VI: Paragone: May the Best Art Win 1. The Paragone 2. Painting and Music 3. Painting and Poetry 4. Painting and Sculpture 5. All of the Arts - Music, Painting, Sculpture, Literature, and Science 6. Music and Science 7. Painting, Music and Literature 8. Painting and Music in the Absence of a Paragone Chapter VII: Conclusion, Bibliography.