still life
art genre mostly showing inanimate objects
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Summary
still life is a genre of painting[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of genre of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,990 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: art genre[3], form of art[4]
- Subclass of: figure painting[5]
- Part of: hierarchy of genres[6]
- Commons category: Still-life paintings[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Still life paintings[8]
- Commons gallery: Stillleben[9]
- Depicted by: Still life[10], Natura morta con cacciagione[11], Still Life with game and fruit[12], Still Life with game[13], Vase of flowers and a basin[14]
- Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[17]
- Hashtag: stilllife[18]
- Practiced by: still life painter[19]
- Significant person: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin[20], Vincent van Gogh[21], Paul Cézanne[22]
Why It Matters
still life has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]