painting vs still life

painting

noun
  • An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint. 

  • The same activity as an art form. 

  • The action of applying paint to a surface. 

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 painting and still life occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )