Offers an overview of the meaning and development of traditional Flemish and French still life painting. States that art history, as well as technical process, must be taught for discipline based art education to be effective. Describes Flemish still life classifications, eighteenth and nineteenth century French works, and still life symbolism.…

Instructional strategies based on a portrait painting of Jean-Baptiste Oudry familiarize intermediate grade students with the techniques of portraiture and introduce the characteristics of eighteenth-century French rococo painting. (RM)