Still life Art: An introduction

     Still Life masterpieces has been created by famous artists since Middle Age and Ancient Greek/Roman. Still lifes are mostly about inanimate objects like fruits and vegetables, flowers on a vase and plants, books, and kitchen wares and so on.

      Even Egyptians in ancient times adorned their tombs by Still Life paintings of because they believed that when they die, the painting will become real in the afterlife. And ancient Greeks and Romans painted their vases that depicts animals and objects.

      Flowers and Food symbolizes the Five senses and seasons during the 16th century in Rome. Skull symbolizes mortality and earthly remains for the Ancient Romans.

     One of the most famous Still life is the "Bread and Fruit Dish on a table" by Pablo Picasso during 1909 which has the subject of food. Pablo Picasso Probably painted this because of the combination of fruit and bread on a table, which is uncommon during that time.

      Modern Still Life arts today breaks the two dimensional barrier and uses modern mediums like computer applications and camera for still image photography.