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Interactive Still Life
Clark Seredyniecki
Created on November 15, 2024
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Portuguese containers used to cool and flavor water. The clay would infuse with the contents. It was thought to purify water and protect from poisons.
https://smarthistory.org/pereda-still-life-w-ebony-chest/
Búcaros
Red vases atop the chest.
The Aztecs drank their chocolate unsweetened, regarding the drink as precious and using it in religious rituals. Europeans transformed it by adding sugar and spices. Cheese and chocolate is paired together in Colombia to this day, so there is valid speculation on what this block could be.
https://smarthistory.org/pereda-still-life-w-ebony-chest/
Cheese or sugar?
Antonio de Pereda’s "Still Life with Ebony Chest," is a still life painting showing the cultural significance of an array of objects. Each item is part of the social ritual of drinking chocolate, an exotic beverage involving careful display and preparation. In the present day, we can buy chocolate for a few dollars at any gas station, but at the time of this painting, it was a luxury. This still life represents a cultural display of wealth in 17th century Spain.
Each has a different origin, an imitation of Chinese porcelain from the Netherlands (left), a small lusterware bowl from Manises, Spain, and Chinese porcelain (back).
https://smarthistory.org/pereda-still-life-w-ebony-chest/