The cover. Still life.

摘要

In Morandi's studio were three tables. On each table was an arrangement of bottles, boxes, vases, and the sorts of objects that could be found at a local flea market. He removed the labels and allowed his objects to accumulate a coat of dust, obscuring their origins. In Still Life, Morandi has arranged a set of small containers in a tight double row, painted thickly in flat earth tones. The identity of each object can be guessed by its shape, if not by its context. Morandi's absorption with the shapes of domestic objects is reminiscent of the still life paintings of the French master Paul Cezanne, the painter Morandi most admired. Cezanne, who was interested in how the mind's eye perceives the geometry of the real world, conceived urns and rolls of fabric as cylinders, and apples and oranges as spheres (JAMA cover, August 27, 2003).