Development of still lifes from antiquity to the present: a methodical approach to the student workbook through work comparisons and guiding questions; eight analyses and interpretations of epochally significant still lifes from the student workbook with didactically suitable comparison works; in-depth topic: focus on epoch-specific phenomena; thought-provoking prompts: stimulating impulse questions and images. Exam training: the solution proposal for the student workbook. Practical aids in teaching: digital teacher service: the teacher's workbook in text and image digitally on CD-ROM; eight line excerpts with composition information; six template sheets; overview of common symbols in Vanitas still lifes.