Still-life masterpieces serve visual feast at N.C. Museum of Art

A Visual Feast from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston North Carolina Museum of Art, Fall/Winter 2012/13 Still-life painting – without calling it by that name – has been around a long time. When the ashes from the eruption of the Vesuvius in 79 A.D. were finally cleared away from the homes of Pompeii, wall paintings and mosaics appeared with pictures of bowls of fruit and other foods, often arranged on kitchen-like cupboards. These daily ... [ read full story ]