objet d'art vs still life

objet d'art

noun
  • A work of art with some artistic merit. 

  • An artwork exhibited for the purposes of decoration or the reflection of social status. 

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. 

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