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J. Paul Getty Museum: Simon Vouet
Read about the art and style of French painter and draftsman Simon Vouet. Includes photos of his more famous paintings, including "Venus and Adonis".
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Explore Art, Photographs
A beautiful collection of photographs. Teachers and students can explore dozens of images done through a variety of photographic techniques. Clicking on the image will pull up a brief description of the work's history and content.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Explore Art, Drawings
This site breaks down the art of drawing into six subcategories, each encompassing a different drawing medium. Mediums include chalk, charcoal, crayon, ink, metalpoint, and pencil. Each subcategory has many visual examples.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Bartolome Esteban Murillo
A brief biography of the Spanish artist, Murillo. Also includes a few samples of his religious art to the right.
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Khan Academy: Spanish Polychrome Sculpture Quiz
Test your knowledge about Spanish polychrome sculptures.
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Khan Academy: The Artists Behind the Polychrome Sculpture
Learn about the artists behind the polychrome sculpture.
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Khan Academy: An Introduction to Decorative Arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum
Mr. Getty began acquiring European furniture in the 1930s and soon became an avid collector of European Decorative Arts. Today the J. Paul Getty Museum has an extensive collection primarily from the 17th and 18th centuries. Some of the...
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Khan Academy: Daguerreotypes and Salted Paper Prints
Learn about the photography style of daguerreotypes and salted paper prints.
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Khan Academy: Gold Ground Painting Quiz
Test your knowledge of Italian gold-ground painting.
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Khan Academy: Exploring Photographs
Learn the apprecation and analysis of photography as an art form.
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Khan Academy: Exploring Photographs Quiz
Test your knowledge about looking closely at photographs.
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Khan Academy: Photography and Railroads
From the 1850s, photography and the railroad each offered new experiences to people who had never before traveled great distances. Photographs were used to allay fears of potential travelers.
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Khan Academy: Understanding the Wet Collodion Process
The wet collodion process was a photographic process used to produce a negative.
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Khan Academy: Adriaen De Vries's Bronze Casting: Direct Lost Wax Method
Using Adriaen de Vries's stunning 17th-century sculpture Juggling Man as an example, this article examines the laborious process of creating a bronze sculpture with the direct lost-wax method.
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Khan Academy: De Vries's Bronze Casting Quiz
Test your knowledge of De Vries's bronze casting technique.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Monuments of the Future: Designs by El Lissitzky
Here you will find a chronological account of the life and work of Russian artist Lazar Markovich Lissitzky-better known as El Lissitzky.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Red Figured Gela Krater
Superb example of red-figured vase depicting a favorite subject of Greek artists, a battle scene.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Paris: Life and Luxury
Exhibition focuses on the French rococo style of pre-Revolutionary France during the reign of Louis XV.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Explore Art: Thomas Gainsborough
Information about the artist and about four portraits by Gainsborough on display at the Getty.