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STILL LIFES  1 • 2
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Still Life with Gypsum Woman, 2001
23.6"x27.6" (60x70 cm),
canvas, oil |
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Still Life with Bottles, 2002
31.5"x35.4" (80x90 cm),
canvas, oil
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A still life (or
Fr. "nature morte", literally – "dead nature") is a genre of the Fine Arts
dedicated to the image of group-organized things. Except for inanimate
objects, the wildlife subjects portrayed in a still life painting are
isolated from their natural mediums and thereby transformed into the things
depicted, – a fish on a table, flowers in a bouquet, etc. The image of
living, moving creatures such as insects, birds, animals or people can
sometimes be a part of a still life painting but only in so far as it
supplements the main motive. Compared with other genres, the significance of
small subjects rising above a living context increases in a still life.
Heighten attention is given to structure and details of objects and to
surface texture.
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Abkhazian Gift, 2001
33.5"x35.4" (85x90 cm),
canvas, oil |
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The Virgin Mary in
the Garden, 2002
35.4"x43.3" (90x110
cm), canvas, oil |
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Flowers on Newspaper,
2002
15.7"x19.7" (40x50 cm),
canvas, oil
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Still Life with Gold Kettle, 2000
15.7"x11.8" (40x30 cm),
canvas, oil
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STILL LIFES 1 • 2
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