Still Life Quiz

Who was thought to be the first artist to create a still life?

• Barbardi

• Capoldi

• Vanitas

• Cezanne

One of the Elements of still life is ______ objects.

What does Paul Cezanne do to emphasize his strange depiction of perspective?

Answer explanation

Hint: Line

Draw the three figures that are most commonly seen in a Vanitas Still life.

What did Vanitas Still-Life artists often philosophize about?

• Perfectly-composed symbolic still live

• Their place in the world as people of the middle class

• The vanity of earthly attachments

• How to transcend death and encompass immortality

Give three reasons why it looks like the objects in Paul Cezanne's still life painting "Table, Napkin, and Fruit (A Corner of the  Table). 1895 - 1900" are floating. Explain your answer in full.

When looking at this modern-vanitas still life, how do you think the artist is philosophizing the morality of people today, as well as what our attachments are? Add your own opinion of the artwork too. (6).

Choose what came first in the timeline of Still-Life

• Middle-class people seeking other décor rather that portraits of people.

• Still-live objects used to decorate other paintings

• 17th Century study of inanimate objects

• Using everyday objects to philosophize about life and death.

Vanitas artists philosophized the ______ of earthly attachments

Describe the composition, and elements thereof, of a still life and compare it to the elements of a vanitas still life for 8 marks.