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Still lifes

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Note: Images in which the focus is a depiction of inanimate objects, as distinguished from art in which such objects are subsidiary elements in a composition. The term is generally applied to depictions of fruit, flowers, meat or dead game, vessels, eating utensils, and other objects, including skulls, candles, and hourglasses, typically arranged on a table. Such images were known since the time of ancient Greece and Rome; however, the subject was exploited by some 16th-century Italian painters, and was highly developed in 17th-century Dutch painting, where the qualities of form, color, texture, and composition were valued, and the images were intended to relay allegorical messages. The subject is generally seen in oil paintings, though it can also be found in mosaics, watercolors, prints, collages, and photographs. The term originally included paintings in which the focus was on living animals at rest, although such depictions would now be called "animal paintings."

Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:

Winsor and Newton sketchbook, 2017

 Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: 2017.8.2
Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The collection includes graphite drawings by students from the Santa Fe University of Art and Design (SFUAD) participating in the Drawn Archive Project. In 2014, the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and the SFUAD partnered to provide opportunities to create drawings based on the unique objects in the Museum’s collection. The project originated from the Museum's desire to document the thousands of objects in the Museum’s collection that includes Georgia O’Keeffe’s clothing, furnishings, and personal...
Dates: 2017