He published numerous monographies on top Croatian artists such as Nazor, Šenoa, Vidrić or Mažuranić, a number of critic-essayist writings on lesser known writers, as well as great syntheses on Croatian literary criticism of the 19th century, and the unfinished history of Croatian literature from Croatian National Revival to the time of creation of Yugoslavia.
August Strindberg | August | Papal conclave, August 1978 | Stanisław August Poniatowski | August Derleth | Pernilla August | August Macke | Gottfried August Bürger | August Wilson | August von Mackensen | August Sander | August Heckscher | Georg August Schweinfurth | August Spies | August Neidhardt von Gneisenau | August Bournonville | August Belmont | Robert August | Oslo, August 31st | Karl August Varnhagen von Ense | Erdmann August of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | Carl August Tidemann | Bille August | August Weismann | August von Kotzebue | August Schleicher | August: Osage County | The Teahouse of the August Moon | Salomon August Andrée | Karl August von Hardenberg |
Standl created photographic portraits of many prominent individuals of the era, such as writer August Šenoa, bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer, ban Levin Rauch, violin virtuoso Franjo Krežma, historian and politician Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski, Zagreb mayor Matija Mrazović and others.