The Language of Still Life

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Ensure that you understand the art specific language used in the article 'How Artists Have Kept Still Life Painting Alive Over Thousands of Years'. Read the article before completing this quick five question quiz.

Still life is known as a genre in art. Select the response that best defines the term genre. *

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A modernist art movement.

A contemporary work of art.

A category or style.

Materials or tools used to make artworks.

Still life artworks feature inanimate objects as the subject matter. Select the arrangement below that does not reflect an arrangement of inanimate objects. *

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Spoon, tray, cake, kitten

Ball, toy car, skipping rope, pencils

Candle, lace, mirror, roses in vase

17th century Dutch artists took an interest in floral painting a step further, creating Vanitas paintings. The term vanitas is best defined as: *

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paintings about vanity and self-love.

artworks focusing on luxuries and worldly pleasures.

artworks created in the Italian town of Venice.

artworks that remind us that pleasure is fleeting and life is short.

During the modernist period what were some of the most popular still life objects to paint? *

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Fruit bowls, vases of flowers and wine bottles

Skulls, candles, cheeses and mirrors

Hamburgers, chips, cans of soft-drink, balloons

Apples, bananas, grapes and peaches

Some contemporary artists have painted still life scenes in a hyper-realistic style. Hyper-realistic can be defined as: *

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very excitable, energetic, unable to stay on the walls of the gallery.

a style of painting or sculpture that resembles a high resolution photograph.

over-sized artworks.

a style of painting that depicts scenes from everyday life.

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