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Khan Academy: Saddle (Gser Sga) From Derge, Tibet
This video [2:51] is Met curator Donald La Rocca on cultural continuity in Saddle [gser sga] from Derge, Tibet, c. 1942-46. This example demonstrates the long tradition of finely made and ornately decorated ceremonial saddles flourished...
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Khan Academy: Statue of Two Men and a Boy That Served as a Domestic Icon
In this video [2:47] Met curator Marsha Hill on reverence in Statue of two men and a boy that served as a domestic icon dating from the Amarna Period of Egypt's New Kingdom, c. 1353-1336 B.C.E. The intriguing group has been variously...
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Khan Academy: Slit Gong (Atingting Kon)
In this video [2:22] Met curator Eric Kjellgren on communication in Slit Gong [Atingting kon] by the Tin Mweleun peoples of Ambrym Island in Vanuatu, mid to late 1960s. The towering slit gongs of northern Vanuatu are among the largest...
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Khan Academy: Bellini, Madonna and Child
In this video [2:43] Met curator Alison Manges Nogueira on familiarity in Giovanni Bellini's Madonna and Child, c. 1470
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Khan Academy: Carpeaux, Le Trait D'union
In this video [2:39] Met curator Jim Draper on healing in Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's Le Trait d'Union, 1872. This is a small clay sculpture of a man, woman, and a child.
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Khan Academy: Wright, Living Room From the Little House, Wayzata, Minnesota
In this video [3:01] Met curator Amelia Peck on modern living in Frank Lloyd Wright's Living room from the Little House, Wayzata, Minnesota, 1912-15. The Frank Lloyd Wright Room was originally the living room of the summer residence of...
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Khan Academy: Figure From a Reliquary Ensemble: Seated Female
In this video [2:58] Met curator Alisa LaGamma on ancestral worship and mortality in Figure from a Reliquary Ensemble: Seated Female by the Fang peoples of Gabon or Equatorial Guinea, 19th-early 20th century. The Fang peoples derive a...
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Khan Academy: Nose Ornament With Spiders From Ancient Peru
In this video [2:39] Met curator Julie Jones on intrigue in Nose Ornament with Spiders from ancient Peru, 1st century B.C.E.-2nd century, C.E. This elegant, very delicate crescent nose ring from northern Peru is evidence of the high...
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Khan Academy: Shawl, Designed by Deneirouse and Boisglavy
In this video [2:52] Met curator Melinda Watt on beauty and technology in Shawl, designed by Deneirouse and Boisglavy, c. 1849.
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Khan Academy: James, Evening Dress
In this video [2:55] Met curator Jan Glier Reeder on the element of surprise in Charles James's Evening Dress, 1946. Charles James produced some of the most memorable garments ever made. A master of the relationship between form, color...
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Khan Academy: Durer, Self Portrait, Study of a Hand and a Pillow
In this video [2:45) Met curator Stijn Alsteens on observation in Albrecht Durer's Self-portrait, Study of a Hand and a Pillow (recto); Six Studies of Pillows (verso), 1493.
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Khan Academy: Van Eyck, the Crucifixion; The Last Judgment
In this video [2:45] Met curator Maryan W. Ainsworth on the sense of sound in Jan van Eyck's The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment, c. 1435-40. These exquisite paintings, juxtaposing Christ's sacrifice for the salvation of mankind with the...
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Khan Academy: Groom and Rider
In this video [2:30] Met curator Sheila Canby on the economy of line in "Groom and Rider" from Tabriz, Iran, 1540-50. The subject of horseman and groom is common in Safavid art. The rider's handsome appearance and elegant posture embody...
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Khan Academy: Rochford's Girls I Have Known
In this video [3:22] Met curator Doug Eklund on teenage irreverence in Dan Rochford's "Girls I Have Known, compiled by Daniel Rochford when he was sixteen. This eccentric scrapbook-filled with handwritten commentary, folded notes passed...
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Khan Academy: Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj'
In this video [2:57] Met curator Navina Haidar on freethinking in "Krishna Holds up Mound Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj," Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna) from present-day Pakistan, c. 1590-95. The...
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Khan Academy: Emmoser, Celestial Globe With Clockwork
In this video [2:56] Met curator Clare Vincent on art and science in Gerhard Emmoser's Celestial globe with clockwork, 1579. The movement rotated in the celestial sphere and drove a small image of the sun along the path of the ecliptic....
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Khan Academy: Van Orley and De Pannemaker, the Last Supper
In this video [3:00] Met director Thomas P. Campbell on game changers in Bernard van Orley and Pieter de Pannemaker's The Last Supper, c. 1524-46 (design), c. 1525-28 (woven). This splendid Last Supper is part of a series of four...
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Khan Academy: Oeben, Mechanical Table
In this video [2:34] Met curator Danielle Kisluk-Grosheide on identity in Jean Francois Oeben's Mechanical table, c. 1761-63. Long recognized as one of Jean Francois Oeben's masterpieces, this table (ca. 1761-63) was made for his most...
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Khan Academy: Head of Tutankhamun From the Amarna Period of Egypt's New Kingdom
In this video [2:44] Met curator Nicholas Reeves on fragmented history in Head of Tutankhamun from the Amarna Period of Egypt's New Kingdom, c. 1336-1327 B.C.E. This head is a fragment from a statue group that represented the god Amun...
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Khan Academy: Evans, Subway Passengers, New York City
In this video [2:42] Met curator Jeff Rosenheim on the art of seeing in Walker Evans's [Subway Passengers, New York City], 1938.
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Khan Academy: Tiffany & Co., the Adams Vase
In this video [2:51] Met curator Beth Carver Wees on opulence in The Adams Vase, designed by Paulding Farnham and manufactured by Tiffany & Co., 1893-95. Commissioned in honor of Edward Dean Adams, chairman of the board of the...
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Khan Academy: Canopic Jar With a Lid in the Shape of a Royal Woman's Head
In this video [2:51] Met curator Janice Kamrin on anonymity in Canopic Jar with a Lid in the Shape of a Royal Woman's Head from Egypt's Valley of the Kings, c. 1349-1336 B.C.E. or shortly thereafter. Although this canopic jar was...
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Khan Academy: Johns, White Flag
In this video [2:55] Met curator Ian Alteveer on reticence in Jasper Johns's White Flag, 1955.
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Khan Academy: Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, 18th Century Russian Portrait Bust
In this video [2:43] Met curator Wolfram Koeppe on lasting monuments in Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, an 18th-century Russian portrait bust created by an anonymous artist, c. 1703-4. The pictorial program of this intriguing portrait...