Below is a glossary article post in the category S which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Still Life based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Still Life
So, what is actually meant by Still Life?
One of the main genres (subject type) of Western art – Basically, the subject of paintings or statues that are still alive is anything that is not moving or dead.
Explanation of Still Life
Still Life is all types of man -made or natural objects, cut flowers, fruit, vegetables, fish, games, grapes, and so on. Still alive can be a celebration of material pleasure such as food and wine, or often a warning about annoyance about this pleasure and the short life of human life (see Mori’s memories).
In the genre hierarchy (or type of subject) for art founded in the seventeenth century by the French academy, still alive in the lower ranking – fifth after historical paintings, portraits, genre paintings (daily life scenes) and landscapes. Silent life and landscape are considered low because they do not involve human subject matter.
In modern art, simple life arrangements are often used as a relatively neutral basis for formal experiments, for example by Paul Cézanne, a cube painter and, then in the twentieth century, by Patrick Caulfield.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix S, as well as terms associated with S.
Meaning of Still Life in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Still Life.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Masih hidup (Indonesian), Isih Urip (Java), and Masih hirup in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Masih hidup.
Closing
OK, above there is the discussion and explanation of what is the meaning of Still Life.
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix S. This article wasupdated in Jan of 2025.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=still-life
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=still-life
- View example images of still-life through Google here
- View example images of still-life on Bing here
- View example images of still-life on Yandex here
