I'd recommend some of the Still Life work of Joel Peter Witkin for
stretching the envelope! :-)
I dislike the Wikipaedia definition - for me a Still Life is an
artistic arrangement and depiction of that which was once alive -
i.e. it has been 'stilled.'
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 11/06/2007, at 7:36 PM, Olaf Greve wrote:
> BTW: the definition of still lifes does not seem to be equally clear
> to everyone. Though (as always) I'll cut people some slack, what the
> theme really ought to be about is doing your best for taking a
> "proper" still life picture.
> For those who have difficulty in judging what should and shouldn't go
> in a still life, there's an excellent Wikipedia page about it, at:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_life
> Also, some fine examples can be seen at: http://commons.wikimedia.org/
> wiki/Category:Still_life_paintings
> All of those categories are fine for TOPE 31, so certainly no "fruits
> and flowers" only restriction. :)
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