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Explore the evolution of still life painting from its origins in the Middle Ages and Graeco-Roman art to its emergence as a distinct genre in Western painting by the late 16th century. Discover how still life compositions feature commonplace objects, both natural and man-made, offering artists artistic freedom in arrangement. Early still-life paintings were imbued with religious and allegorical symbolism, evolving over different centuries. Learn about the significance of still life in different art periods, from the 1600s to modern charcoal drawings.
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Still Life Composition and fundamental principles
Still life • A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, and so on). • It’s origins are found in the Middle Ages and Ancient Graeco-Roman art, but still-life painting emerged as a distinct genre and professional specialization in Western painting by the late 16th century, and has remained significant since then. • Still life gives the artist more freedom in the arrangement of elements within a composition than do paintings of other types of subjects such as landscape or portraiture. Early still-life paintings, particularly before 1700, often contained religious and allegorical symbolism relating to the objects depicted.
