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still life
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still life
n. pl. still lifes
1. Representation of inanimate objects, such as flowers or fruit, in painting or photography.
2. A painting, picture, or photograph of inanimate objects.
still-life (stllf) adj.
still life
n pl still lifes
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms)
a.  a painting or drawing of inanimate objects, such as fruit, flowers, etc.
b.  (as modifier) a still-life painting
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the genre of such paintings
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Noun1.still life - a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowersstill life - a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers
painting, picture - graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"
Translations
still life n (Art) → natura morta
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For paintings of such installations by Frans Francken II and others, also see Gisela Luther, 'Stilleben als Bilder der Sammelleidenshaft', in Stilleben in Europa, Munster, 1979, pp110-19.
Hogarth's Mackinen Children by Marks, Arthur S. / British Art Journal
Abstracts and subjects for Karsten Erik Ose, "Musikinstrument als Ziechen: Vanitas vanitatum et omniam vanitas--Ein Stilleben mit Musikinstrumenten aus dem Umkreis von Evaristo Baschnis," Concerto: Das Magazin fur Musik 13, no.
A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF SUBJECT INDEXING AND ABSTRACTING IN ... by JENKINS, MARTIN D. / Notes
 
 
 
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