What is "still life"?
A still life is a work of art where the predominant subject matter is that of inanimate objects, either natural or man-made. The pictorial representation of objects exists since Antiquity, but it was not until the Renaissance that still life emerged as an independent genre.
"Still Life with Partridge and Gauntlets" (1504) by Jacopo de’ Barbari is generally considered the first of its kind. The term “still life” derives from the Dutch word stilleven, which literally means motionless or silent life. This terminological detail reminds us that this genre had its heyday during the Dutch Golden Age.
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hazelphyllis
RCKCreatEnt, That would have given away the answer - the thing that so many people complain about!
Karin Johansson
Helga U. Williams, Stilleben in Swedish too.
klmilles
Jim Mascair, I love the poker playing dogs, myself. Elvis and clowns with big eyes on velvet not so much. Actually, they're all pretty tacky.
Give me Turner or van Gogh any day.
John Benger
Fake quiz I’m sure if they took all the one question quizzes together it might make a make a half decent quiz
Jim Mascair
I've got a lot of art hanging in my house, but no still life. I don't care much for the genre.
Helga U. Williams
Stillleben in German - same meaning as Dutch. Both languages are very similar!
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earlepg
Frequently it's a picture of a plant. It could be a dead animal. Hate to watch any sport thst might be called such.
billyboy915
tbear,
It's sweet of you to come to her defense, but I've followed Char's comments for quite a while. She loves the easy questions; those most adults would consider condescendingly simple and regularly defends those who miss the the most elementary questions when someone expresses surprise over missing those juvenile questions.
I don't think her standards are high enough for her to be given to expressions of a sarcastic vein.
As Randy Newman sings in the "Monk" theme song, "I could be wrong now... but I don't think so!"
tbear
billyboy915, I believe that what you might say " was being sarcastic! " Smile, billyboy, it's a beautiful day, today! 😊👍
tbear
Char, yeah, me, too! 😊😊
billyboy915
Char,
Seriously? How many nanoseconds did it take to answer correctly?
wok
LAZYASS PICTURE.