The Art Assignment
What Does Resistance Look Like?
Resistance isn't always visible, but when we can see it in art, what does it look like? Step back through global art history and look at Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace, Henry Oscar One Bull’s...
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How Climate Changes Art
This week we tackle the intersection of art and our changing climate. Throughout history, art has helped reveal the climate around us and highlight our fragile relationship to it. We look at navigational charts from the Marshall Islands,...
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Art about Migration
Migration is central to human experience, and art history reflects that. Skipping through time and geography, we explore Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series, Lapita pottery, the Akbarnama, and the Mexica codex "Tira de la Peregrinación,"...
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What Art tells us about Gender
There is a huge range of ways that gender has been understood and represented in the history of art. We look at a few examples that show us gender is a concept that has never been fixed: Hermaphroditos by the ancient Greeks, Titian's...
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Khan Academy: Art History: Nicola and Giovanni Pisano
Video on the thirteenth-century sculptors Nicola and Giovanni Pisano, with biographical and historical information. [13:19]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Polykleitos, Doryphoros
Article and video discussing the history and features of the Classical Greek sculpture Doryphoros by Polykleitos. [5:08]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Leonardo's Last Supper
Video and article discussing the features of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper. [12:33]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Leonardo Da Vinci
Brief biography of Leonard da Vinci. A short video focuses on a letter he sent to the Duke of Milan while seeking work in that city. [3:16]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Leonardo's Mona Lisa
Video and article discussing the history and features of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. [8:39]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Fra Filippo Lippi: Man and Woman at a Casement
Video discussing the features of Fra Filippo Lippi's painting Man and woman at a Casement. [5:58]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Fra Filippo Lippi: Madonna and Child With Angels
Video and article discussing the history, creation, and features of Fra Filippo Lippi's painting Madonna and Child with Angels. [3:57]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Duccio's Maesta
Video and article discussing the history and features of the Duccio's Maesta. [6:24]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Albrecht Durer's Four Apostles
Video discussing the history and features of Albrecht Durer's painting of The Four Apostles. [5:52]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Rogier Van Der Weyden: Deposition
Video discussing the history and features of Rogier van der Weyden's painting Deposition. [7:09]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Robert Campin: The Merode Altarpiece
Video and article discussing the history and features of Robert Campin's Merode Altarpiece. [5:46]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Michelangelo's Pieta
Video and article discussing the features of Michelangelo's Pieta. [3:39]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Michelangelo's Moses
Video and article discussing the history and features of Michelangelo's sculpture Moses. [4:12]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Michelangelo's David
Video and article discussing the features of Michelangelo's David. [5:40]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Michelangelo's Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Video discussing the history, creation, and features of Michelangelo's Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. [22:03]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Eugene Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People
Video and article discussing the history and features of French artist Eugene Dellacroix's Liberty Leading the People. [5:24]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Fragonard's the Swing
Video and article discussing the features of Jean-Honore Fragonard's The Swing. [3:21]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Pierre Auguste Renoir: Moulin De La Galette
Video discussing the background and features of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's painting Moulin de la Galette. [5:06]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Fragonard's the Meeting
Video discussing the features of Jean-Honore Fragonard's The Meeting. [5:11]
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Khan Academy: Art History: Donatello's David
Video discussing the history and features of the Donatello's sculpture of David. Includes the transcript of a conversation about the sculpture between the two speakers in the video. [7:24]