Still Life

What is a Still Life?

• a bright or reflective area in a painting, picture, or design

• a painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects, typically including fruit and flowers and objects contrasting with these in texture, such as bowls and glassware.

• a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface

• A medium tone, one that is neither very dark nor very light

What is a Shadow?

• a bright or reflective area in a painting, picture, or design

• a painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects, typically including fruit and flowers and objects contrasting with these in texture, such as bowls and glassware.

• a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface

• A medium tone, one that is neither very dark nor very light

What is a Highlight?

• a bright or reflective area in a painting, picture, or design

• a painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects, typically including fruit and flowers and objects contrasting with these in texture, such as bowls and glassware.

• a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface

• A medium tone, one that is neither very dark nor very light

What is a Midtone?

• a bright or reflective area in a painting, picture, or design

• a painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects, typically including fruit and flowers and objects contrasting with these in texture, such as bowls and glassware.

• a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface

• A medium tone, one that is neither very dark nor very light

What is a Vanitas Still Life?

• to direct the viewer's eye through a painting and lead them toward what the artist thinks is important

• genre of still life that focuses on the fleetingness of life

• a work of art depicting mostly flowers, using symbolism to convey a message

• a Latin phrase meaning “Remember that you will die.”

What is a Floral Life?

• to direct the viewer's eye through a painting and lead them toward what the artist thinks is important

• genre of still life that focuses on the fleetingness of life

• a work of art depicting mostly flowers, using symbolism to convey a message

• a Latin phrase meaning “Remember that you will die.”

What is the purpose of a Still Life?

• to direct the viewer's eye through a painting and lead them toward what the artist thinks is important

• genre of still life that focuses on the fleetingness of life

• a work of art depicting mostly flowers, using symbolism to convey a message

• a Latin phrase meaning “Remember that you will die.”

What does Memento Mori mean?

• to direct the viewer's eye through a painting and lead them toward what the artist thinks is important

• genre of still life that focuses on the fleetingness of life

• a work of art depicting mostly flowers, using symbolism to convey a message

• a Latin phrase meaning “Remember that you will die.”