morandi still life etching report

I have been asked to look at Morandi still life etchings, and to me these capture the beauty of simple items in a different way, as an etching.

Giorgio Morandi - Still Life with Drapery to the Left - 1927 - Etching

This Etching is stunning, i love the different tones, and use of cross hatching. The cloth on the table is amazing! and he lighting on the bottles look perfect. To me they look so fragile, like you could blow it away its so light and clean, then i found this one...

Giorgio Morandi- Still Life with Seven Objects in a Tondo,- 1945 - etching

This blew me away, its almost like a dream or a memory, some of the objects are the same tone as the back ground and the same cross hatching but they pop out so much by almost blending in! It is beautiful. It so simple but complex at the same time. Especially when compared to this one:

Still Life with Jugs, 1956, etching

This one is very realistic with the highlights and reflections, its very bold compared to the other one. He definitely seems to have a style of line.

I have been looking into the art of still life, the process and the different meanings and to me I see at as a way to stop and look at the beauty of arranged objects, although sometimes it can be symbolic I think in this cases it is about being still, do I stop and appreciate the beauty of things ? No, granted I do more since I have started this course and altered my perception of the world. But do I buy things because they are beautiful and then never really look at them again? all the time!

These make me really look at the stillness and appreciate the beauty in the objects he has put together.

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