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
Stone balusters set a stately base for a scroll candelabra and a footed bowl full of grapes, gourds, and greenery that emulates an old-world still life.
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Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2024
The Wire max Hulu Abbott Elementary Years: 2021-present Length: 4 seasons, 49 episodes
Creator: Quinta Brunson
This is the show that proved that there’s still life in the network TV comedy.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
The enormous seafood platter of oysters, clams, prawns, scallops, mussels, sea urchin, crawfish and king crab looks like something out of a still life.
—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
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Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2024
The Wire max Hulu Abbott Elementary Years: 2021-present Length: 4 seasons, 49 episodes
Creator: Quinta Brunson
This is the show that proved that there’s still life in the network TV comedy.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
The enormous seafood platter of oysters, clams, prawns, scallops, mussels, sea urchin, crawfish and king crab looks like something out of a still life.
—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
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“Still life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/still%20life. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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