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Still Life In The 1800s

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Still life is objects that are inanimate and cannot move. Still life art is paintings and drawings which are produced by capturing and gathering objects together in a group in an arranged manner. Like; Fruit, Flowers, Household Items and food.

The earliest still life was produced by the ancient Egyptians. They used to paint object and food on the tomb walls. Their aim of this was to show what the object clearly was and scenes of everyday life. In the 1800's was considered unimportant as it didn't contain any human subjects. Still life in the 1700s usually contained symbolism. Still life art gives the artist freedom of how to arrange their elements. In the 1700s, the still life paintings used to be of flowers which would be symbols of the seasons
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