A category of subject matter in the arts consisting of arrangements of inanimate objects, such as glassware, food, fruit or flowers. Web resource here.

 

       Willem Claesz. Heda. Still Life of a Roemer, an Overturned Roemer, a Façon-de-Venise Wineglass, a Silver Beaker, and a Silver and Pewter Plate, with a Sheathed Knife, Lemons, Olives, Hazelnuts, Walnuts, and a Paper Twist of Tobacco, All on a Table Partly Draped with a Green Cloth. Oil on oak panel. 1633. Private Collection.