An authoritative artist has many rules for his still life painting. Too bad! Because the mouse, the dragon, the knight, and the princess are here... In a 'Still Life' painting nothing moves — but, ...

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Within the American galleries at the National Gallery of Art in Washington there is a corner room devoted to mostly small still lifes by painters who include Raphaelle Peale, Joseph Decker, John F.

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In a still life painting, the subjects cannot move. The bowl of fruit remains sedentary on the table. The hunk of cheese goes uneaten. The candles do not flicker. That's the rule according to the very ...