What is a still-life?

Still-life is the drawing or painting of a non-living object, most often arranged on a shelf or a table. Still-life paintings and drawings have been created for thousands of years, as early as the ancient Greeks, and Romans. Artists will create this kind of art in order to express their status. In the 17th century still-life was limited mostly to religious works of art, containing some sort of symbolism. All in all, still-life has allowed artists to explore the inanimate objects of their world at the time, and express their status through the artwork.