still lifen.

Etymology: < still adj. + life n., after Dutch stilleven (in the 17th cent. also stilstaand leven, stilliggend leven). Compare German stillleben, in the 18th cent. stillliegende sachen (Zedler 1744). The Dutch expressions have been found only in the sense explained below, but it is presumed that they were originally applied to representations not of inanimate objects but of living things portrayed in a state of rest.

a. Inanimate objects, such as fruits, flowers, dead game, vessels, etc., as represented in painting. (For other uses see still adj. 5b) Also figurative.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [adjective] > of living things in state of rest

still life1695

nature morte1919

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > still-life painting > objects represented

still life1695

nature morte1874

1695 R. Graham Short Acct. Eminent Painters in J. Dryden tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica 277 His peculiar happiness in expressing all sorts of Animals, Fruit, Flowers, and the Still-life.

1701 H. Wanley Let. 11 July in Philos. Trans. 1704–5 (Royal Soc.) 24 2004 In the Still life indeed, the Eye is quickly deceiv'd.

1706 J. Savage tr. R. de Piles Art of Painting 440 Kneller..did also several Pieces in Still-Life exceedingly well.

1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. i. 11 He painted still-life, oranges and lemons, plate, damask curtains, cloths of gold, and that medley of familiar objects that strike the ignorant vulgar.

a1784 G. A. Stevens Let. in T. Wilkinson Mem. (1790) IV. 196 My existence now cannot properly be called living, but what painters term still life; having since February 13, been confined in this town gaol for a London debt.

1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 51 Still-life is the exact imitation of immobile objects, such as fruit, flowers, and eatables.

attributive.1821 P. Egan Life in London ii. i. 156 It was not the still-life Beauty of the Sculptor and the Artist.1831 F. Reynolds Playwright's Adventures vii. 112 This still-life personage, devoting the whole of her mind and time to her pianoforte.1867 Contemp. Rev. 6 387 Landscapists and still-life painters ought to go through a course of real drawing.1887 W. P. Frith Autobiogr. I. iv. 52 He still insisted that I should paint a composition of still-life objects.1898 E. Gosse Short Hist. Mod. Eng. Lit. vii. 236 But these pedestrian studies of nature had no passion in them; they were but passages of an inventory or a still-life painting.

b. A painting of such objects. Plural still lifes.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > still-life painting > a still-life painting

still life1957

1957 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 408/1 The first signed and dated pure still life..was painted in 1504.

1961 R. B. Long Sentence & its Parts ix. 206 Sometimes regular plurals replace even firmly established native irregular plurals: for example, in she does still lifes.

1970 Oxf. Compan. Art 1097/1 The development of the typical still life took place mainly in the Netherlands.

1981 Daily Tel. 30 Dec. 10/3 After the war, the artist returned to his delicate, vague, surrealist landscapes and little still-lifes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	still life
释义	still lifen. Etymology: < still adj. + life n., after Dutch stilleven (in the 17th cent. also stilstaand leven, stilliggend leven). Compare German stillleben, in the 18th cent. stillliegende sachen (Zedler 1744). The Dutch expressions have been found only in the sense explained below, but it is presumed that they were originally applied to representations not of inanimate objects but of living things portrayed in a state of rest. a. Inanimate objects, such as fruits, flowers, dead game, vessels, etc., as represented in painting. (For other uses see still adj. 5b) Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [adjective] > of living things in state of rest still life1695 nature morte1919 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > still-life painting > objects represented still life1695 nature morte1874 1695 R. Graham Short Acct. Eminent Painters in J. Dryden tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica 277 His peculiar happiness in expressing all sorts of Animals, Fruit, Flowers, and the Still-life. 1701 H. Wanley Let. 11 July in Philos. Trans. 1704–5 (Royal Soc.) 24 2004 In the Still life indeed, the Eye is quickly deceiv'd. 1706 J. Savage tr. R. de Piles Art of Painting 440 Kneller..did also several Pieces in Still-Life exceedingly well. 1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. i. 11 He painted still-life, oranges and lemons, plate, damask curtains, cloths of gold, and that medley of familiar objects that strike the ignorant vulgar. a1784 G. A. Stevens Let. in T. Wilkinson Mem. (1790) IV. 196 My existence now cannot properly be called living, but what painters term still life; having since February 13, been confined in this town gaol for a London debt. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 51 Still-life is the exact imitation of immobile objects, such as fruit, flowers, and eatables. attributive.1821 P. Egan Life in London ii. i. 156 It was not the still-life Beauty of the Sculptor and the Artist.1831 F. Reynolds Playwright's Adventures vii. 112 This still-life personage, devoting the whole of her mind and time to her pianoforte.1867 Contemp. Rev. 6 387 Landscapists and still-life painters ought to go through a course of real drawing.1887 W. P. Frith Autobiogr. I. iv. 52 He still insisted that I should paint a composition of still-life objects.1898 E. Gosse Short Hist. Mod. Eng. Lit. vii. 236 But these pedestrian studies of nature had no passion in them; they were but passages of an inventory or a still-life painting. b. A painting of such objects. Plural still lifes. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > still-life painting > a still-life painting still life1957 1957 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 408/1 The first signed and dated pure still life..was painted in 1504. 1961 R. B. Long Sentence & its Parts ix. 206 Sometimes regular plurals replace even firmly established native irregular plurals: for example, in she does still lifes. 1970 Oxf. Compan. Art 1097/1 The development of the typical still life took place mainly in the Netherlands. 1981 Daily Tel. 30 Dec. 10/3 After the war, the artist returned to his delicate, vague, surrealist landscapes and little still-lifes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1695
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