Still-life meaning

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Representation of usually household objects, such as flowers or food, in painting or photography.
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A painting, picture, or photograph of such objects.
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A painting, drawing, etc. having as its subject an arrangement of inanimate objects, as fruit, bottles, flowers, and books.
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Such works of art collectively, regarded as a genre, or kind.
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(cellular automata) A pattern that does not change from one generation to the next.
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A painting of a living object that is stationary.
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Still-life Sentence Examples

  • The pattern of a mosaic can be random, or the fragmented pieces can recreate the imagery of a landscape, still-life, or portrait.

  • Offer seniors still life objects, such as flowers or other simple objects to paint or draw.

  • I'll hang the spring and winter landscapes in my music room; maybe you can help me decide where to put the still life.

  • The use of threads and prunts is illustrated by the development of the " Roemer," so popular as a drinking-glass, and as a feature in Dutch studies of still life.

  • Last year the trust published an anthology of new dialect writing, called Still Life.

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