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Khan Academy: St. Michael the Archangel, Sassy Devil and Crew
In this video [1:30] Riley and Michael talk about St. Michael the Archangel and sassy devil in "Fall of the Rebel Angels," 1715-25. This is from an imaginative tour at the Getty Center: The Supernatural in Art.
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Khan Academy: Hadrian, the Power of Image
For many years Hadrian was perceived as a peace-loving admirer of Greek culture and customs, a philhellene. But the one statue on which this long-standing perception was based is not all that it should be. British Museum curator Thorsten...
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Khan Academy: Antony Gormley's Case for an Angel I at the British Museum
In this video [2:24] Antony Gormley speaks of how the British Museum has been the foundation of what sculpture means to him. Neil MacGregor [Director of the British Museum] reflects on how Gormley's work and countless examples in the...
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Khan Academy: Marc Quinn's Siren at the British Museum (Kate Moss)
Marc Quinn remembers his visit to the Tutankhamun exhibition at the British Museum. He shares his delight in coming back to exhibit a work inspired by that experience and the surrounding ancient Greek sculpture. Curator Peter Higgs draws...
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Khan Academy: The Buddha Triumphing Over Mara
The main figure in this stone sculpture from the 900s shows many characteristic features of images of the Buddha. Here we see elements that tell us we're in the presence of the Buddha as he was on the threshold of achieving...
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Khan Academy: The Buddhist Deity Simhavaktra Dakini
Simhavaktra Dakini, the ferocious lion-faced guardian of Vajrayana Buddhism, is a female "sky-walker" who guides human beings along the right path. This powerful spirit can remove physical hindrances and spiritual obstacles such as pride...
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Khan Academy: Standing Brahma and Standing Indra
Brahma and Indra, or Bonten and Taishakuten as they are known in Japanese, were Hindu deities brought into Buddhism as attendants of the Buddha or of bodhisattvas. The Asian Art Museum's Bonten and Taishakuten are the only large-scale,...
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Khan Academy: Opening of Kingdom of Ife Exhibition
In this video [4:27] features a special gathering of dignitaries and chiefs to mark the opening of the exhibition Kingdom of Ife: sculptures from West Africa.