still life
Painted bowl scene
A still life is a painting or drawing depicting inanimate objects—fruit, flowers, bottles, dead game.
The genre emphasizes composition, light, and texture rather than narrative: Dutch still lifes of the seventeenth century.
The plural is still lifes, not still lives.
As a modifier, usually hyphenated: a still-life painting.
Pigment on canvas
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- oil paintPigment bound with linseed
- acrylicSynthetic resin or fiber
- watercolorTranslucent paint medium
composition · arrangement · tableau · vanitas · memento mori · Flemish · Cézanne · academic
Painting of mortality symbols
- mortalityState of eventual death
- transienceBrevity of existence
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
- decayGradual organic breakdown
ephemerality · memento mori · allegory · wealth · impermanence · wilting · overripe · hourglass
Ornamental container for flowers
- fruitEdible plant ovary
- bowlConcave food container
- draperyOrnamental hanging cloth
- flowersPlant reproductive structures
skull · candle · wine glass · goblet · pitcher · silverware · porcelain · pottery
Painter's stroke method
- chiaroscuroContrast technique in painting
- impastoHeavily applied pigment technique
- glazingGlossy protective coating
- layeringForming successive strata
shading · highlight · contrast · texture · tonality · gradation · perspective · depth
Ordered configuration or agreement
- tabletopHorizontal furniture surface
- draperyOrnamental hanging cloth
- backdropRear stage scenery
- lightingArt of illuminating spaces
props · staging · positioning · studio · natural light · windowsill · pedestal · cloth
Inclined to deep thought
- sereneUntroubled and composed
- meditativeInclined toward deep reflection
- quietLacking in sound
- intimateClosely personal or private
timeless · nostalgic · melancholic · peaceful · somber · reflective · subdued · harmonious
painting
Pigment on canvas
watercolor · composition · arrangement · tableau · vanitas · memento mori · Flemish · Cézanne · academic · classical
vanitas
Painting of mortality symbols
- mortalityState of eventual death
- transienceBrevity of existence
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
decay · ephemerality · memento mori · allegory · wealth · impermanence · wilting · overripe · hourglass · extinguished candle
vase
Ornamental container for flowers
flowers · skull · candle · wine glass · goblet · pitcher · silverware · porcelain · pottery · bread
brushwork
Painter's stroke method
- chiaroscuroContrast technique in painting
- impastoHeavily applied pigment technique
- glazingGlossy protective coating
layering · shading · highlight · contrast · texture · tonality · gradation · perspective · depth · focal point
arrangement
Ordered configuration or agreement
lighting · props · staging · positioning · studio · natural light · windowsill · pedestal · cloth · shadow
contemplative
Inclined to deep thought
- sereneUntroubled and composed
- meditativeInclined toward deep reflection
- quietLacking in sound
intimate · timeless · nostalgic · melancholic · peaceful · somber · reflective · subdued · harmonious · atmospheric
- artworkpaintings, portrait, drawings, drawing, illustrations
- Fine Artoil painting, portrait, landscape, sketch, watercolor
- paintingsoil paintings, watercolors, acrylics, tempera, gouache
- art museumpaintings, old masters, exhibition, drawings, permanent collection
- artworksoil painting, watercolor, portrait, drawing, sketch
- illustrationsillustration, drawings, engravings, etchings, lithographs
still lifeportrait
Artistic depiction of someone
landscape · action painting · figure painting · seascape · battle scene
still lifeaction scene
Exciting film segment
kinetic art · action shot · animation · moving image · moving picture
life, still, lifeless, lifetime, lifestyle, lifelong, lifelike, lifeboat, lifespan