{"id":25156,"date":"2018-09-18T16:03:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T20:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/blog\/2018\/09\/18\/still-lifes-the-touchstone-of-painting\/"},"modified":"2018-09-18T16:03:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T20:03:36","slug":"still-lifes-the-touchstone-of-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/blog\/2018\/09\/18\/still-lifes-the-touchstone-of-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Lifes &#8211; The Touchstone of Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/71330\/TEA-WITH-MONDRIAN\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/zatista-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/products\/17591_41c51eeb79d9305b4d4c1e8abf7b3b676801ce2c_DGMWaR3Ecb3m7M6d_1_800x800.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"446\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tea With Mondrian by Tom Miller Painting, Acrylic on Canvas 18.0 inch x 24.0 inch $893<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to Musee D&#8217;Orsay, the painter Edouard Manet\u00a0attached great importance to still life, which he considered to be the &#8220;touchstone of the painter&#8221;. Tired of history painting and of the &#8220;pretentious productions&#8221; that weighed down contemporary artistic production, he confessed: &#8220;A painter can say all he wants to with fruits or flowers, or even clouds. You know, I would like to be the Saint Francis of still life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/27500\/Grapefruits\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/zatista-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/products\/10051_kv0at12tmdqe7iugjfffsbm936_fJOq0v4a8w0ZwT1T_1_800x800.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grapefruits by Paulo Jimenez Painting, Oil on Canvas 40.0 inch x 40.0 inch $4,299<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/78038\/Orange-Lines\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/zatista-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/products\/7209_35980ffc4dacfe89ffb27ba64dc555599431b0f9_pymR92JN942c2Nq8_1_800x800.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"470\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orange Lines by Dan Fogel Painting, Oil on Canvas 11.0 inch x 14.0 inch (13.0 inch x 16.0 inch framed) $625<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to mymodernmet.com, &#8220;A still life (also known by its French title,\u00a0<em>nature morte<\/em>) painting is a piece that features an arrangement of inanimate objects as its subject. Usually, these items are set on a table and often include organic objects like fruit and flowers and household items like glassware and textiles. The term \u201cstill life\u201d is derived from the Dutch word s<em>tilleven<\/em>, which gained prominence during the 16th century. While it was during this time that the still life gained recognition as a genre, its roots date back to ancient times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/65716\/Enough-Rope\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/zatista-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/products\/15732_ada0d2138c8a771e4a1d87ecc92733dd5dfdf615_OgRNz4e7opq00wv6_1_800x800.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enough Rope by Dwayne Wolff Painting, Oil on Canvas 22.0 inch x 28.0 inch $1,550<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Do you own a still life painting or photograph? If not, this is a wonderful style of artwork to include in your growing art collection. Shop our collection today on Zatista.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/63591\/Still-Life-Vase-And-Flowers\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/zatista-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/products\/22591_e1f1161fd44b5f64c476f7290c2aef3e78df14e6_JQXVhs2S5Ab9Q6LW_1_800x800.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"637\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still Life Vase And Flowers by Seamus Corcoran Painting, Oil on Canvas 22.4 inch (57.0 cm) x 21.7 inch (55.0 cm) $974<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you own a still life painting or photograph? A piece that features an arrangement of inanimate objects as its subject. 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