illustration vs still life

illustration

noun
  • A picture designed to decorate a publication, or elucidate a literary work. 

  • A calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns (life insurance) 

  • The state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct. 

  • The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; 

  • Something which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity. 

still life

noun
  • A work of art depicting an arrangement of inanimate objects. 

  • A pattern that does not change from one generation to the next. 

How often have the words illustration and still life occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )