still life
noun
plural still lifes
1
: a picture consisting predominantly of inanimate objects
2
: the category of graphic arts concerned with inanimate subject matter
Examples of still life in a Sentence
an exhibit of still lifes
She prefers portraiture to still life.
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More than 400 landscapes, portraits, still lifes and sculptures — from folk Art and the Hudson River School through the modernist movements — will be on view.
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Tanya Mohn, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Bark’s set-building wizardry puts him in conversation with artists such as Jeff Wall or Gregory Crewdson, whose early work shares certain tropes with Bark’s still lifes, among them dead or taxidermied animals.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2025
Poor Sébastien Allard, the head curator of paintings, got this horrified look on his face at the idea that Chardin, the master of the perfect still life, would have burnt brioche in his painting.
—Stephen Heyman, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2025
Featuring a set of still life photography highlighting beach-friendly attire, the collection also includes a fringed suede tote in red that’s launching first in China.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 20 May 2025
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Tanya Mohn, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Bark’s set-building wizardry puts him in conversation with artists such as Jeff Wall or Gregory Crewdson, whose early work shares certain tropes with Bark’s still lifes, among them dead or taxidermied animals.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2025
Poor Sébastien Allard, the head curator of paintings, got this horrified look on his face at the idea that Chardin, the master of the perfect still life, would have burnt brioche in his painting.
—Stephen Heyman, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2025
Featuring a set of still life photography highlighting beach-friendly attire, the collection also includes a fringed suede tote in red that’s launching first in China.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 20 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for still life
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“Still life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/still%20life. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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