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Definition of Still life
1. Noun. A painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers.
Definition of Still life
1. Noun. a work of art depicting an arrangement of inanimate objects ¹
2. Noun. (context: cellular automata) A pattern that does not change from one generation to the next. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Still Life
Literary usage of Still life
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memoires of His Life by Charles Kingsley (1877)
"BATES, ON MOCKING BUTTERFLIES—WHITCHURCH STILL-LIFE—TOADS IN HOLES— DCL DEGREE
AT OXFORD—BISHOP COLENSO—SERMONS ON THE PENTATEUCH—THE WATERBABIES—LETTER ON ..."
2. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1904)
"Best marine study 2d best marine study Best still life study 2d best still life
study Best ... 0 2d best pen and ink drawing, still life 1 00 Earle B. ..."
3. Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers, and Their Works: A Handbook by Clara Erskine Clement Waters (1901)
"She went to England, where she had a most flattering reception and constant
employment, STILL-LIFE. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"STILL-LIFE, a branch of the art of painting which deals with the portrayal of
... The Renaissance painters did not execute still-life as an independent ..."
5. Outlines of the History of Art by Wilhelm Lübke, Clarence Cook (1877)
"F. LANDSCAPE, ANIMAL, AND FLOWER PAINTING, AND STILL-LIFE. So long as plastic
art makes man himself the object of its representations, this very object ..."
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