Generally, still life comprises inanimate subject matter of very familiar

objects from the natural world or every day, man-made objects. Still life creations can be composed with items from nature and may consist of plants, rocks, wood, food, flowers, or other items from the natural world. Vases, drinking vessels, jewels, coins, and any other items represent a human presence. Still life is the medium that builds a foundation for developing artistic skills. Still life items offer a great deal of choice in metaphorical representation and design elements within composition. Composition is the process and deliberate result of the artist selecting and arranging specific elements to make a statement about his or her creation.
In this Discussion you find an example of a still life composition and describe it, using the art terminology found in “Humanities Through the Arts Classroom Glossary” and Learning Resources for this week. You also address the materials used in the composition of the still life. Finally, drawing upon your own personal experience(s) with art, consider why the artist might have selected the specific elements of the still life.
To prepare:
Familiarize yourself with the NGAkids still life interactive composer from the National Gallery of Arts, found in your Learning Resources for this week. This interactive tool will assist you in understanding still life and the elements of composition. Then, find a still life example from your own research.
Post a description of your still life example, addressing the material composition of the still life. Explain why you believe the artist chose to use those specific materials, objects, and that particular organization in the work of art.
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Humanities Through the Arts Classroom Glossaryabstract:Paintings and other arts (e.g., selected forms of contemporary jazz music andsculpture) that have the sensuous as its subject matter.appropriation:The act of combining the artist’s basic medium with the medium ofanother art or arts but keeping the basic medium clearly dominant.artisticform:The organization of a medium that clarifies or reveals a subject matter.catharsis:The cleansing or purification of the emotions and, in turn, a spiritual releaseand renewal.coda:The tonal passage or section that ends a musical composition.comedy:A form of drama that is usually light in subject matter and ends happily butthat is not necessarily void of seriousness.connotation:The associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in additionto its explicit or primary meaning.content:A subject matter detached by means of artistic form from its accidental orinsignificant aspects and thus clarified and made more meaningful.counterpoint:In music, two or more melodies, themes, or motifs played in oppositionto each other at the same time.criticism:The analysis and evaluation of works of art.critique:A critical review or commentary, especially judging the merits of works of art orliterature.denotation:The direct, explicit meaning or reference of a word or words.descriptive criticism:The descriptive of the subject matter and/or form of a work of art.dissonance:When two or more tones sounded simultaneously are unpleasant to theear.dynamics:In music, the loudness and softness of the sound.essence:The individual, real, or ultimate nature of a thing especially as opposed to itsexistence; “a painting that captures theessenceof the land.”evaluation(evaluative criticism):The judgment of the merits of a work of art.© 2013 Laureate Education, Inc.1 of 3

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evaluativecriticism:The judgment of the merits of a work of art.film(material):A fixed (audio-) visual medium, whether celluloid or digitalfilm(artistic genre):A form of Fine Art, which consists of motion pictures, with orwithout audio, considered to have been created primarily for aesthetic purposes andjudged for its beauty and meaningfulness.Fine Arts:A visual art considered to have been created primarily for aesthetic purposesand judged for its beauty and meaningfulness, specifically, painting, sculpture, drawing,watercolor, graphics, and architecture.Folk Art:A creative work produced outside the professional tradition.form:The design, structure, or pattern of a work of art.framing:The photographic technique whereby important parts of figures or objects in ascene are cut off by the edges of the photograph.horizontal:Being or situated at right angles to the vertical line.interpretive criticism:An explication of the content of a work of art.irony:A literary device that makes one statement but means another. Dramatic ironyplays on the audience’s capacity to perceive the difference between what the charactersexpect and what they will get.lyric(al):A poem, or music composition, usually brief and personal, with an emphasison feelings or states of mind as part of the subject matter.major(as in Music):A key, mode, or scale; a scale consisting of a series of whole stepsexcept for half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth degrees.mass(as in Music):The celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass(sometimes lowercase ); a musical setting of certain parts of this service, as the Kyrieeleison, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Deimass(as in Sculpture):Bulk, especially in relation to size.metaphor:An implied comparison between different objects.minor(as in Music):A scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth andsixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals.narration:Something narrated, such as an account, story, poem, or other narrative. It isan articulation of the stories about and within varied art forms.© 2013 Laureate Education, Inc.2 of 3

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