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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Prices range from $15 for striped hand towels to $500 for still life paintings.
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India Roby, Architectural Digest, 2 May 2025
As the Scientific Revolution spread across Europe, artists became increasingly devoted to realism in still life paintings of plants and flowers.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
The leather versions of the styles also appear in still life imagery as part of the campaign.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 27 Mar. 2025
Silver buttercups, cow parsley and strawberry leaves fill a vase, while branches of apple blossom and Scots pine shed petals and pines, like a Dutch still life in precious metal.
—Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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India Roby, Architectural Digest, 2 May 2025
As the Scientific Revolution spread across Europe, artists became increasingly devoted to realism in still life paintings of plants and flowers.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
The leather versions of the styles also appear in still life imagery as part of the campaign.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 27 Mar. 2025
Silver buttercups, cow parsley and strawberry leaves fill a vase, while branches of apple blossom and Scots pine shed petals and pines, like a Dutch still life in precious metal.
—Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for still life
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“Still life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/still%20life. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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