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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The enormous seafood platter of oysters, clams, prawns, scallops, mussels, sea urchin, crawfish and king crab looks like something out of a still life.
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John Oseid, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Whereas Dutch still lifes depicted wealth and decadence, Box’s versions show how her experience as a diasporic Jamaican, who immigrated to New Jersey as a child, has itself been commodified and fabricated.
—Shantay Robinson, ARTnews.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Loretta Caponi Moody still lifes painted by the Dutch Old Masters were the spark for Natura, one of three collections dreamed up by AD100 talent Carlos Mota for the fabled Florence fashion house Loretta Caponi.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 18 Dec. 2024
Why are there mountains right behind the still life?
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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John Oseid, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Whereas Dutch still lifes depicted wealth and decadence, Box’s versions show how her experience as a diasporic Jamaican, who immigrated to New Jersey as a child, has itself been commodified and fabricated.
—Shantay Robinson, ARTnews.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Loretta Caponi Moody still lifes painted by the Dutch Old Masters were the spark for Natura, one of three collections dreamed up by AD100 talent Carlos Mota for the fabled Florence fashion house Loretta Caponi.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 18 Dec. 2024
Why are there mountains right behind the still life?
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Still life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/still%20life. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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