still lifes
1still lifes — for the plural …
2still´-life´ — still life, 1. no pl. fruit, flowers, furniture, pottery, dead game, or the like, shown in a picture: »He painted still life, oranges and lemons... (Horace Walpole). 2. pl. still lifes or still lives. a picture of such things: »His fine still… …
3still life — still′ life′ n. pl. still lifes 1) fia a representation chiefly of inanimate objects, as a painting of a bowl of fruit 2) fia the category of subject matter in which inanimate objects are represented, as in painting or photography • Etymology:… …
4still life — n. 1. small inanimate objects, as fruit, bottles, flowers, books, etc., used as subjects for a picture pl. still lifes 2. a picture having such a subject still life adj …
5still life — still life, adj. pl. still lifes. 1. a representation chiefly of inanimate objects, as a painting of a bowl of fruit. 2. the category of subject matter in which inanimate objects are represented, as in painting or photography. [1635 45] * * * …
6still life — plural still lifes n [U and C] a picture of an arrangement of objects, for example flowers or fruit …
7still life — (plural ,still lifes) noun count or uncount a type of art that represents objects instead of people, animals, or the countryside …
8still life — still lifes N VAR A still life is a painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects such as flowers or fruit. It also refers to this type of painting or drawing …
9still life — the genre of painting, has the plural form still lifes …
10Still life — For other uses, see Still Life (disambiguation). Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568 1625), Bouquet (1599), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Some of the earliest examples of still life were paintings of flowers by Northern Renaissance, Dutch, and… …
