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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The work hangs in canny dialogue with the museum’s collections: an 18th-century still life on the opposite wall is a reminder that flayed flesh has long been a subject of art.
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 19 July 2024
He was then introduced to the work of Édouard Manet, a 19th-century French modernist painter known for his still lifes.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
Later that year Banksy’s take on a Vincent Van Gogh still life went for $11.7 million at an auction in New York.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024
In the dining room, artisanal, woven-straw dining chairs surround the handmade table, watched over by two monumental Fernando Botero paintings—a juicy still life of a sliced watermelon, which hung in his own Colombian home for many years; and a portrait of a pudgy girl.
—Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 17 July 2024
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 19 July 2024
He was then introduced to the work of Édouard Manet, a 19th-century French modernist painter known for his still lifes.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
Later that year Banksy’s take on a Vincent Van Gogh still life went for $11.7 million at an auction in New York.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024
In the dining room, artisanal, woven-straw dining chairs surround the handmade table, watched over by two monumental Fernando Botero paintings—a juicy still life of a sliced watermelon, which hung in his own Colombian home for many years; and a portrait of a pudgy girl.
—Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 17 July 2024
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“Still life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/still%20life. Accessed 29 Sep. 2024.
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