Definition of "still life" []

• Representation of inanimate objects, such as flowers or fruit, in painting or photography. (noun)
• A painting, picture, or photograph of inanimate objects. (noun)

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• "'If she thinks the brewery can be saved - and to do that she will have to make her own independent assessment of the position - if she thinks there's still life in the corpse she'll set up a CVA.'"
• "Memories are like a still life painted by ten different student artists: some will be blue-based; others red; some will be as stark as Picasso and others as rich as Rembrandt; some will be foreshortened and others distant."
• "Our art teacher, Mr. Bunch, then set up a still life for us to draw with charcoal … and proceeded to spend the entire hour giving Derek one-on-one instruction, praising his “profound” and “innovative” techniques with the charcoal stick."