{"id":92472,"date":"2018-04-05T17:06:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T15:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=92472"},"modified":"2020-11-25T14:56:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T13:56:54","slug":"why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does Juan S\u00e1nchez Cot\u00e1n&#8217;s cabbage look so contemporary?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-92472 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/0_cotan\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"123\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0_Cotan-480x392.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Spanish Still Life\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92473\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92473'>\n\t\t\t\tJuan S\u00e1nchez Cot\u00e1n, Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber, ca. 1602. San Diego, gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam \u00a9 The San Diego Museum of Art\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/1_velazquez\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"87\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1_Velazquez-480x277.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92474\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92474'>\n\t\t\t\tDiego Vel\u00e1zquez, Christ in the House of Martha and Mary \/ Cristo en casa de Marta y Mar\u00eda ,ca. 1618. Oil on canvas, 60 x 103.5 cm \u00a9 National Gallery, London\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/2_juan-van-der-hamen\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2_Juan-van-der-Hamen-480x322.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92475\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92475'>\n\t\t\t\tJuan van der Hamen y L\u00e9on, Still life : fruit and glass, ca.1629. Oil on canvas, 87,3 x 130,8 cm \u00a9 Williams College Museum of Art\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/3_el-labrador\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"118\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/3_El-Labrador-378x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"uan Fern\u00e1ndez el Labrador, Vase of Flowers \/ Florero, 1635. Oil on canvas, 44 x 34 cm \u00a9 Museo Nacional del Prado\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92476\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92476'>\n\t\t\t\tJuan Fern\u00e1ndez  el Labrador, Vase of Flowers \/ Florero, 1635. Oil on canvas, 44 x 34 cm \u00a9 Museo Nacional del Prado\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/4_antonio-ponce\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4_Antonio-Ponce-480x368.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Antonio Ponce, Still Life with Artichokes and a Talavera Vase of Flowers \/ Bodego\u0301n con alcachofas y jarro\u0301n de Talavera con flores, ca. 1650-1660. Oil on canvas, 72 x 94 cm \u00a9 Collection Albello, Photo: Joaquin Cortes.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92477\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92477'>\n\t\t\t\tAntonio Ponce, Still Life with Artichokes and a Talavera Vase of Flowers \/ Bodego\u0301n con alcachofas y jarro\u0301n de Talavera con flores, ca. 1650-1660. Oil on canvas, 72 x 94 cm \u00a9 Collection Albello, Photo: Joaquin Cortes.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/5_bernardo-lorente-german\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"108\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/5_Bernardo-Lorente-German-347x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92478\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92478'>\n\t\t\t\tBernardo Lorente Germ\u00e1n, Trompe l\u2019oeil (Tobacco. Allegory of Smell) \/ Nature morte en trompe l&#8217;oeil (le tabac. All\u00e9gorie de l&#8217;odorat). Oil on canvas, 69 x 50 cm. Mus\u00e9e du Louvre \u00a9 RMN-Grand Palais (mus\u00e9e du Louvre) \/ Photo\u00a0: Franck Raux\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/6_melendez-salmon\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6_Melendez-salmon-480x321.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92479\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92479'>\n\t\t\t\tLuis Egidio Mel\u00e9ndez, Still Life with Salmon, Lemon and Three Vessels \/ Bodeg\u00f3n con salm\u00f3n, lim\u00f3n y recipients, 1772. Oil on canvas, 41 x 62,2 cm \u00a9 Museo Nacional del Prado\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/7_melendez-chocolate\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"109\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/7_Melendez-chocolate-350x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92480\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92480'>\n\t\t\t\tLuis Egidio Mel\u00e9ndez, Still Life with a Chocolate Service, Bread Roll and Biscuits \/Bodeg\u00f3n conservicio de chocolate y bollos, 1770. Oil on canvas, 50 x 37 cm \u00a9 Museo Nacional del Prado\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/8_goya\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/8_Goya-480x353.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92481\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92481'>\n\t\t\t\tFrancisco de Goya, Dead Turkey \/ Pavo muerto, 1808 \u2013 1812. Oil on canvas, 45 x 62 cm \u00a9 Museo Nacional del Prado\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/9_sorolla\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"98\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/9_Sorolla-312x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92482\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92482'>\n\t\t\t\tJoaquin Sorolla, Rosas blancas del jardin de mi casa \/ White Roses from the Garden of My House. Oil on canvas, 96 x 44 cm. Private collection. Photo: Gonzalo de la Serna\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/10_lacoma-y-fontanet\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/10_Lacoma-y-Fontanet-480x398.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92483\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92483'>\n\t\t\t\tFrancisco Lacoma y Fontanet, Still Life with Peaches, Grapes and  Lemon \/  Naturaleza muerta, 1808. Oil on canvas, 46,5 x 55,5 cm \u00a9 Museo Nacional de Arte Catalunya \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/13_barcelo\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"98\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/13_Barcelo-480x313.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92484\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92484'>\n\t\t\t\tMiquel Barcel\u00f3, The Big Spanish Dinner, 1985. Oil and mixed media on canvas, 200 x 300 cm \u00a9 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/14_fernandez\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/14_Fernandez-480x335.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92491\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92491'>\n\t\t\t\tLuis Fern\u00e1ndez, Cr\u00e1neo y velas, 1967. Oil on canvas, 38 x 55 cm. Colecci\u00f3n Telef\u00f3nica \u00a9 Fernando Maquieira 2017, Courtesy Fundaci\u00f3n  Telef\u00f3ni\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/15_anglada-camarasa\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"148\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/15_Anglada-Camarasa-474x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92492\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92492'>\n\t\t\t\tHermen Anglada Camarasa, Florero, 1935. Oil on canvas, 83 x 83 cm \u00a9 Museu Nacional d\u2019Art de Catalunya \n\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/16_cotan\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"104\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/16_Cotan-480x332.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92485\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92485'>\n\t\t\t\tJuan S\u00e1nchez Cot\u00e1n, Window fruits and vegetables, ca. 1602. Oil on canvas, 67\u00a0 x 97,4 cm. The Abello Collection\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/17_de-pereda\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/17_De-Pereda-480x340.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92486\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92486'>\n\t\t\t\tAntonio de Pereda, The Dream of the Knight \/ El Sue\u00f1o del Caballero, ca 1650.Oil on canvas, 152 x 217 cm \u00a9 RASBAF Madrid\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/18_picasso\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/18_Picasso-480x378.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92487\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92487'>\n\t\t\t\tPablo Picasso, Jarra, vela y cacerola esmaltada \/ Jug, candle and enamel pan \/ La casserolle emaill\u00e9e, 1945. Oil on canvas, 82 x 106,5 cm. Pompidou, Mus\u00e9e d&#8217;art moderne, Paris \u00a9 SABAM Belgium 2018\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/19_dali\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"127\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/19_Dali-405x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92488\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92488'>\n\t\t\t\tSalvador Dal\u00ed, Le morceau de li\u00e8ge, 1950. Huile sur toile, 63,5 x 53,5 cm Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sof\u00eda, Madrid. \u00a9 SABAM Belgium 2018\n\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/20_miro\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20_Miro-480x336.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92489\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92489'>\n\t\t\t\tJoan Mir\u00f3, Still Life with Old Shoe, 1937. Oil on canvas, 81,3 x 116,8 cm. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of James Thrall Soby, 1970. \u00a9 SABAM Belgium 2018\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2018\/04\/05\/why-the-does-juan-sanchez-cotans-cabbage-look-so-contemporary\/21_enguidanos\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/21_Enguidanos-480x372.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92490\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92490'>\n\t\t\t\tJos\u00e9 L\u00f3pez Engu\u00eddanos\nNature morte avec oiseaux, melon et bouteille de vin de Peralta \/ Stilleven met vogels, een meloen en een fles Peraltawijn, 1807. Olie op doek | Huile sur toile, 51 \u00d7 68 cm Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid. Inv. 52\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>There is nothing like a cabbage to make a great artwork, a rounded bundle of rough and tick leaves contributing to masterpieces. Some might think we\u2019re hinting at some kind of found-object art, a duchampian gesture of putting a cabbage in the middle of a museum gallery. Perhaps that makes for great art too, yet this isn\u2019t quite what we had in mind. The exhibition Spanish Still Life at Brussels BOZAR, which includes \u201cQuince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber\u201d by Juan S\u00e1nchez Cot\u00e1n shows another way of turning cabbages into showpieces.<\/p>\n<p>The idea behind this exhibition has a relatively long history. Following the popularity of still life paintings by Francisco de Zurbar\u00e1n showed at BOZAR in 2014, the museum decided to give further opportunity to the Brussels public to enjoy paintings of similar kind. Collaborating with art historian \u00c1ngel Aterido Fern\u00e1ndez and scholars from Museo del Prado, BOZAR put up an excellent display of still life paintings spanning more than four centuries, and comprising artists such as de Prado, Goya, Picasso, and Mir\u00f2.<\/p>\n<p>Especially when it comes to 16th and 17th century, the genre of still life is deeply associated with Netherlandish old masters as well as Italian. This exhibition proves that their Spanish counterparts weren\u2019t less remarkable. The parallel between Spanish and Flemish still life can be fully appreciated during the period of the exhibition, since important collections of the latter are available a few-minute walk away from BOZAR at the Belgian Royal Museums, or a short train ride to the Snijders &amp; Rockox House in Antwerp.<\/p>\n<p>As to the conversation between Spanish and Italian still lives, this will also be possible when the exhibition moves to Turin in a few months. It will be shown at Musei Reali, which also co-produced the Brussels instalment, and visitors will be able to appreciate Italian examples of the genre at the museum as well as at Galleria Sabauda.<\/p>\n<p>Coming back to the cabbage, our take is that Cot\u00e1n\u2019s interpretation of this beautiful vegetable by itself makes the visit to the show worthwhile. We cannot but agree with<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/sdut-quince-cabbage-melon-and-cucumber-2011oct15-htmlstory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> John Marciari, San Diego Museum of Art\u2019s curator (where the painting is held) when he says<\/a> that &#8221; \u2018Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber\u2019 is an old master painting for those who don\u2019t like old master paintings, because of the sparseness, the almost abstracted quality of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This way of painting is unusual for the period and place, so understating Cot\u00e1n\u2019s artistic choices is a puzzle. As Anne Judong, exhibition coordinator at BOZAR puts it, \u201csome conceive Cot\u00e1n\u2019s attention to details, forms and composition as religious symbolism, based on his later engagement in the Carthusian Order. Some others, put it into the context of the emergence of still life as a safe and free territory, far from the rules and conventions of the religious paintings, for artists to experiment concepts such as geometry, naturalism or picaresque, discussed among the Toledan clerical and intellectual elite.\u201d Such interpretations might also well apply to the second painting by Cot\u00e1n in the show (\u201cWindow Fruits and Vegetables\u201d), which is owned by the Abell\u00f3 Collection and is one of the few private loans.<\/p>\n<p>Curator Aterido Fern\u00e1ndez maintains that \u201cQuince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber\u201d might even be an unfinished work, which would make its contemporary look be a matter of chance. This begs for a thought experiment, in which we could imagine unwanted characteristics of a contemporary artwork making for successful reception by future generations. If artists are obsessed by control on their artwork, the idea of lucky accidents is somewhat ironic. Similarly, the contemporary look of \u201cQuince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber\u201d is also owed to its unframed display, which is also an accident due to conservation worries rather than a choice.<\/p>\n<p>If there is one negative aspect of the exhibition Spanish Still Life at all, this is the strange attempt to build a national narrative spanning more than four centuries. In other words, it is doubtful that artists from Cot\u00e1n to Mir\u00f2 could be so easily reduced to their common property of being born in Spain. Such stress on \u201cnationality\u201d over time comes across as a bit shallow, also because we noticed that the display gave considerable less attention to some centuries over others, making a not-so-strong case for a cross temporal Spanish artistic identity. A narrower show focusing only on 16th and 17th century would have perhaps resulted in a more consistent exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, we think Spanish Still Life and in particular Cot\u00e1n\u2019s paintings are best appreciated by leaving historical and geographical considerations aside. Whether or not a focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2016\/05\/06\/giorgione-at-the-royal-academy-of-arts-in-london-is-so-contemporary-contemporary-contemporary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ancient paintings that are close to contemporary taste<\/a> was the intention of the organisers, we believe it is an especially fruitful way to fulfill the duty of pleasing a larger and more diverse public of today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels. 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