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Verified for the 2026 examโขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โข Last updated September 2025
Definition
A genre of painting that depicts inanimate objects, such as fruits, flowers, and everyday objects arranged in a studio setting. It focuses on capturing the beauty and details of these objects.
Related terms
Genre Painting: A style of painting that depicts scenes from everyday life, often focusing on specific themes or subjects.
Vanitas: A type of still life painting that symbolically represents the transience of life and the inevitability of death.
Trompe-l'oeil: An art technique that creates realistic imagery to give an illusion of three-dimensionality on a two-dimensional surface.