[PAR] [TLE] Hyman Bloom [SEP] Hyman Bloom (August 18, 1913 – August 26, 2009) was a Latvian-born American painter.  His work was influenced by his Jewish heritage and Eastern religions as well as by artists including Altdorfer, Grünewald, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Blake, Bresdin, Ensor and Soutine.  Many of his works feature macabre subjects such as corpses and autopsy scenes based on his visits to a morgue as well as influences including Rembrandt's "Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp" (1632) and Chaim Soutine's "Carcass of Beef" (1925), and have modern-day comparisons to Damien Hirst's dissected animal sculptures.  Bloom's still life paintings featuring 19th-century Amphora pottery can be seen as modern-day vanitas paintings.  His drawings and paintings of the Lubec, Maine woods and his underwater seascapes explore the relationship between the natural and spiritual realms. [PAR] [TLE] Amphora [SEP] An amphora (Greek: Αμφορέας, English plural: amphorae or amphoras) is a type of container of a characteristic shape and size, descending from at least as early as the Neolithic Period.  Amphorae were used in vast numbers for the transport and storage of various products, both liquid and dry, but mostly for wine.  They are most often ceramic, but examples in metals and other materials have been found.  Versions of the amphorae were one of many shapes used in Ancient Greek vase painting.
[PAR] [TLE] Hyman Bloom [ SEP ] Hyman Bloom ( August 18 , 1913 – August 26 , 2009 ) was a Latvian - born American painter . His work was influenced by his Jewish heritage and Eastern religions as well as by artists including Altdorfer , Grünewald , Caravaggio , Rembrandt , Blake , Bresdin , Ensor and Soutine . Many of his works feature macabre subjects such as corpses and autopsy scenes based on his visits to a morgue as well as influences including Rembrandt 's " Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp " ( 1632 ) and Chaim Soutine 's " Carcass of Beef " ( 1925 ) , and have modern - day comparisons to Damien Hirst 's dissected animal sculptures . Bloom 's still life paintings featuring 19th - century Amphora pottery can be seen as modern - day vanitas paintings . His drawings and paintings of the Lubec , Maine woods and his underwater seascapes explore the relationship between the natural and spiritual realms . [PAR] [TLE] Amphora [ SEP ] An amphora ( Greek : Αμφορέας , English plural : amphorae or amphoras ) is a type of container of a characteristic shape and size , descending from at least as early as the Neolithic Period . Amphorae were used in vast numbers for the transport and storage of various products , both liquid and dry , but mostly for wine . They are most often ceramic , but examples in metals and other materials have been found . Versions of the amphorae were one of many shapes used in Ancient Greek vase painting .
Able to be seen as modern-day vanitas paintings are Hyman Bloom's still life paintings featuring 19th-century containers of a characteristic shape and size descending from at least as early as what period?
Able to be seen as modern - day vanitas paintings are Hyman Bloom 's still life paintings featuring 19th - century containers of a characteristic shape and size descending from at least as early as what period ?
Neolithic Period
Neolithic Period