What is it "Still life", It is only Oil Painting?

STILL LIFE This is the term used today due to the evolution (degradation?) of the language. Look at an incomplete list of alternative words: Florals, Flower Pieces, Breakfast, Dessert, Game, Fruit Pieces, Kitchen Pieces... All these names reflect entire epochs in still life painting. In the 20th century we like to make generalizations, well, let it be still life...

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1) Painting "Grapes", oil on hardboard, 6" x 11"
2) Painting "Oil sketch 2", oil on hardboard, 8" x 10"
3) Painting "Still life with Watermelon", oil on canvas, 24" x 30"
4) Painting "Still life with Samovar", oil on canvas, 40" x 44"
5) Painting "Silk and Silver-Still life",oil on canvas, 24" x 30"
6) Painting "Engagement Day", oil on canvas, 38" x 42"
7) Painting "Florals with Samovar2", oil on canvas, 45" x 48"
8) Painting "Oil sketch", oil on hardboard, 8" x 8"

The French term for still life, "nature morte" translated literally would mean "dead nature". And dead nature does not exist. This depreciative and punitive term was imposed by the learned pedants of the seventeen century in France to categorize and characterize these paintings, but the pictures reveal a nature that is other than dead and a death that is anything but natural.

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Still life is not just a decorative art. I mean the classical still life which does not only decorate the wall: it cuts it through and opens a three-dimensional space of associations.

At the present time, despite the avalanche of new styles and schools, the classical still life continues to exist.

Unfortunately, it is not taught anywhere, but many young artists feel the approach of the 21st century and are trying to do something by themselves.
Renaissance is inevitable, the world culture has come to the critical point. Long live the classical still life!