Still Life
Articles about still life painting. Still lifes are works of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, or shells) or manmade (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, and so on) in an artificial setting. Still life paintings, particularly before … Keep Reading → 1700, often contained religious and allegorical symbolism relating to the objects depicted. Some modern still life breaks the two-dimensional barrier and employs three-dimensional mixed media, and uses found objects, photography, computer graphics, as well as video and sound. This section has how-tos, supplies, tips, instruction, techniques, decision-making help, and more.
