nature morten.adj.

Brit.

/naˈtʃʊə ˈmɔːt/,

/naˈtjʊə ˈmɔːt/, U.S.

/nəˈtʊr ˈmɔrt/

Inflections: Plural nature mortes, natures mortes.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nature morte.

Etymology: < French nature morte still life as subject in painting (1752), a still-life painting (1833) < nature nature n. + morte , feminine of mort (adjective) dead (see mort n.¹).In plural form natures mortes after the French plural form natures mortes. Not fully naturalized in English.

Art.

A. n.

A still-life painting; still life as a genre. Also figurative and in extended use: a person or painting lacking vitality. Also with French definite article.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > still-life painting > objects represented

still life1695

nature morte1874

1874 Scribner's Monthly Apr. 720/1 Miss Roberts, the noted painter of la nature morte, was on the Scotia.

1921 R. Fry Let. 14 Dec. (1972) II. 518 He's bought..one superb nature morte, and he's two lovely Renoirs.

1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay xvi. 225 Her face, painted in two tones of red, white, green, blue and black, is the most tasteful of nature-mortes.

1947 Horizon Jan. 17 The fixed elements of cubist nature-morte came to a new life.

1963 M. McCarthy Group vi. 123 Pale and lifeless..a veritable nature morte.

1992 New Yorker 3 Feb. 8/2 All sorts of natures mortes and taxidermic miscegenations show up in this artist's work.

B. adj.

Characteristic of or relating to a nature morte, or to the creation of such a painting. Also figurative and in extended use: sickly; lifeless.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [adjective] > of living things in state of rest

still life1695

nature morte1919

1919 W. Lewis Caliph's Design iv. 62 The Braque Nature-morte phase, and the David-Ingres phase in which painters in Paris are at present indulging.

1938 L. Durrell Let. in Spirit of Place (1969) 53 He hasn't painted a stroke..not a bloody nature-morte even; and when he admits it he looks rather nature-morte himself.

1960 Times 19 Jan. 13/2 By the religious-minded these nature morte passages can be interpreted as a humble hymn to the Creator.

2000 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 21 Jan. (Today section) 1 c There's an added layer of irony to the nature morte format when it's captured by the blink of a shutter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nature morte
释义	nature morten.adj. Brit. /naˈtʃʊə ˈmɔːt/, /naˈtjʊə ˈmɔːt/, U.S. /nəˈtʊr ˈmɔrt/ Inflections: Plural nature mortes, natures mortes. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nature morte. Etymology: < French nature morte still life as subject in painting (1752), a still-life painting (1833) < nature nature n. + morte , feminine of mort (adjective) dead (see mort n.¹).In plural form natures mortes after the French plural form natures mortes. Not fully naturalized in English. Art. A. n. A still-life painting; still life as a genre. Also figurative and in extended use: a person or painting lacking vitality. Also with French definite article. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > still-life painting > objects represented still life1695 nature morte1874 1874 Scribner's Monthly Apr. 720/1 Miss Roberts, the noted painter of la nature morte, was on the Scotia. 1921 R. Fry Let. 14 Dec. (1972) II. 518 He's bought..one superb nature morte, and he's two lovely Renoirs. 1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay xvi. 225 Her face, painted in two tones of red, white, green, blue and black, is the most tasteful of nature-mortes. 1947 Horizon Jan. 17 The fixed elements of cubist nature-morte came to a new life. 1963 M. McCarthy Group vi. 123 Pale and lifeless..a veritable nature morte. 1992 New Yorker 3 Feb. 8/2 All sorts of natures mortes and taxidermic miscegenations show up in this artist's work. B. adj. Characteristic of or relating to a nature morte, or to the creation of such a painting. Also figurative and in extended use: sickly; lifeless. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [adjective] > of living things in state of rest still life1695 nature morte1919 1919 W. Lewis Caliph's Design iv. 62 The Braque Nature-morte phase, and the David-Ingres phase in which painters in Paris are at present indulging. 1938 L. Durrell Let. in Spirit of Place (1969) 53 He hasn't painted a stroke..not a bloody nature-morte even; and when he admits it he looks rather nature-morte himself. 1960 Times 19 Jan. 13/2 By the religious-minded these nature morte passages can be interpreted as a humble hymn to the Creator. 2000 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 21 Jan. (Today section) 1 c There's an added layer of irony to the nature morte format when it's captured by the blink of a shutter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1874
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