A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, and so on). Still-life painting in Spain, also called “bodegón”, was austere on the 17th Century. It differed from Dutch still life, which often contained rich banquets surrounded by ornate and luxurious items of fabric or glass. The main items in Spanish paintings are frequently plain dead animals still waiting to be skinned. The fruits and vegetables are uncooked. The backgrounds use to be bleak or plain wood geometric blocks, often creating a surrealist air in the piece.