It was not until the [[Renaissance]] that still life emerged as an independent [[painting]] genre. [http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/566313/still-life-painting Still-life painting.] Encyclopædia Britannica. | It was not until the [[Renaissance]] that still life emerged as an independent [[painting]] genre. [http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/566313/still-life-painting Still-life painting.] Encyclopædia Britannica. |