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
And, today, his studio bursts with in-progress still lifes, drawings of conceptual maps and a new portrait series inspired by colonial-era casta paintings.
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Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
His delicate still life images of flowers set the tone for this lineup.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2024
Others are wonderfully elaborate, such as still lives of fruit or, in New York, portraits of Lou Reed and Andy Warhol.
—John Leicester, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2024
Previous shows featured portraits of women walking down bright aisles, metal and laser-cut crates, black cats made of plywood, and still lifes of Boar’s Head meats.
—Vulture, 20 Jan. 2024
For example, by 1666, two of her kitchen still lifes were documented in the Royal Collection in Madrid.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
Along blue walls meant to evoke Gaza’s sky and sea hang paintings that mostly evoke life before Israel’s intense bombardment and invasion: Palestinian still lifes, native cactuses, music, cats and cows, and even one Catwoman.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
So Terrill set about painting still lifes: sensual arrangements of foodstuffs and flowers set against ebullient wallpapers and bright serapes (a nod to his Mexican heritage).
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
The project blurs the line between reality and fantasy, combining the documentary and the staged, In addition to the characters the series contains still life or landscape images with the same bizarre atmosphere.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2024
Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
His delicate still life images of flowers set the tone for this lineup.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2024
Others are wonderfully elaborate, such as still lives of fruit or, in New York, portraits of Lou Reed and Andy Warhol.
—John Leicester, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2024
Previous shows featured portraits of women walking down bright aisles, metal and laser-cut crates, black cats made of plywood, and still lifes of Boar’s Head meats.
—Vulture, 20 Jan. 2024
For example, by 1666, two of her kitchen still lifes were documented in the Royal Collection in Madrid.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
Along blue walls meant to evoke Gaza’s sky and sea hang paintings that mostly evoke life before Israel’s intense bombardment and invasion: Palestinian still lifes, native cactuses, music, cats and cows, and even one Catwoman.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
So Terrill set about painting still lifes: sensual arrangements of foodstuffs and flowers set against ebullient wallpapers and bright serapes (a nod to his Mexican heritage).
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
The project blurs the line between reality and fantasy, combining the documentary and the staged, In addition to the characters the series contains still life or landscape images with the same bizarre atmosphere.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2024
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“Still life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/still%20life. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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