still life
Origin of still life
First recorded in 1635–45
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Contemporary Examples of still life
The next minute they are frozen in an eerie, extended tableau vivant——a still-life that's not actually still.
The photographs displayed on Flickr become an endless exercise in projection—a still-life ChatRoulette.
So too, the photographs displayed on Flickr become an endless exercise in projection—a still-life ChatRoulette.
Historical Examples of still life
The smaller were pictures of still-life and the largest were landscapes.
The Moon and SixpenceW. Somerset Maugham
When they see your work they'll see that you're fit for still-life, at least.
The Coast of BohemiaWilliam Dean Howells
My plan is as follows:—Suppose a piece of still-life to be the subject.
His pictures are chiefly landscapes with animals, and still-life.
He and his son were the founders of the "still-life" school in their country.
still life
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