A look at the history of still-life painting through a printable catalog of multiple example works of art. Images are accompanied by descriptions and detailed examinations of their elements, meanings, and context.

See the cubist still life painting 'Still Life with Compote and Glass' by Pablo Picasso, in this Curator's View series description and image from the Columbua Museum of Art.

A kid-friendly printable packet that walks you through the "what's" and the "why's" of a Dutch food still-life painting. Also includes a fun cookie recipe!

ArtCyclopedia's complete list of still life painters from the 16th thru the 20th centuries. There are links to the artists' biography and works.

With this resource, students will explore how the illusion of depth is created by artists on a flat surface. By examining both a still life and a landscape, students will learn about foreground, middleground, background, and overlapping...

This site has a basic description of still-life art with several famous examples from great painters.

Try and put together a scrambled picture of a striding lion which is artwork from Ancient Babylon.

View nineteenth-century American trompe o'eil still life "For Sunday's Dinner" by William Harnett, with context and analysis.

This resource maintains a gallery of artwork created for the magazine by children from all around the world.

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the impressionist painting "Still Life with a Ginger Jar and Eggplants" by Paul Cezanne, is described in a short paragraph and presented with a large-format image.

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the impressionist painting "Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses" by Paul Cezanne, is described in a short paragraph and presented with a large-format image.

Take a virtual tour of artwork created by survivors' of the Holocaust. It is so imporant to preserve the memories of this time either through written word, music, or art. Select an artist to read a short biography and view examples of...

The focus at the Wichita Art Museum is on American art: American Character, American Still Life Traditions, American West, American Paradise, Americans Abroad, American City, American Continent, Independent American Visions, and Triumph...

Browse through a colorful gallery of children's artwork created for an Asian's children's literacy festival. Visitors can not only explore works that share similar subjects but they can view all works submitted by children from one...

One way to make sense of the full scope of art history is to examine the collections of a world-class museum like the Getty. At the Explore Art site, the Getty makes it easy to peruse artwork across the centuries and across all media....

Here is the online version of John James Audubon's "Birds of America," as written by Audubon himself in 1840. The site includes the original artwork and text descriptions of each species of bird.

Using new technology related to examining artwork, The Art Institute of Chicago was able to uncover unknown details about one of Picasso's most famous works, "The Old Guitarist." Fascinating discoveries and technological processes make...

A State Divided: Exploring the Civil War Through Images includes 75 images related to the Civil War in Kentucky, ranging from medals and photographs to portraits and weapons. The goal is to provide images of artworks, artifacts,...

Still Life with Blue Pot, watercolor, about 1900, by Paul Cezanne.

Works by Piero di Cosimo are represented in the collection of London's National Gallery of Art. Clicking on the title results in an enlarged version with an in-depth discussion of the artwork.

An image of "Still-Life with Birds", created by Master of the Hartford Still-Life before 1607 (Oil on canvas).

An image of "Still-Life with a Violinist", created by Master of the Acquavella Still-Life, c. 1620 (Oil on canvas, 83 x 118 cm).

Still Life with Plaster Casts photographed by Baron Armand-Pierre Seguier, 1839-42.

Early American -- Still Life with Steak by Sharon Core, 2008.