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Bridgeman Arts
First Flight from London to Australia in 1919
B&W archive footage of Ross & Keith Smith who piloted, in 1919, the first flight from London to Australia in under 30 days
Bridgeman Arts
First Flight from London to Australia, 1919
Ross and Keith Smith man the first flight from London to Australia, 1919
Bridgeman Arts
WW1 aircraft and pilots, military funeral of legendary German fighter pilot, Baron von Richtofen
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
Bridgeman Arts
Picasso drawing and painting in Vallauris, children making pottery, c.1952
Picasso drawing and painting in Vallauris, children making pottery, c.1952
Bridgeman Arts
Vincent van Gogh - Portraits
Five portraits by Vincent van Gogh. Featured artworks: ""Portrait of Alexander Reid"", ""Portrait of Dr. Gachet"", ""Portrait of Alexander Reid"", ""Portrait of Patience Escalier"" and ""The Novel Reader"".
Curated OER
How to Draw a Portrait
Knowing how to draw a portrait is one of the basic skills of art. Watch this video to see eight simple steps of drawing a portrait. Try watching this video while drawing your own portraits.
Curated OER
Drawing a Person: The Basics
One of the most difficult subjects to draw in art is the human being. This video shows the basics to drawing a person. Follow these rules when drawing your next person.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Young Explorers: Read Good Books!: Famous Artists
Friends visit their local library to read and discover more about art and artists. In this segment, kids create examples of and give definitions of different types of two-dimensional art. Kids demonstrate and define: landscapes,...
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Paintings
A video discussion of portrait paintings from various artists in early art history.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Art History: Neue Sachlichkeit: Sander, Portraits
This video [14:09] discusses August Sander's Portraits, gelatin silver print, 1928 Secretary at a Radio Station, Cologne, gelatin silver print, c. 1931 Disabled Man, gelatin silver print, 1926 Speakers: Dr. Juliana Kreinik, Dr. Beth...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Kurt Schwitters' Wartime Portraits
A video [4:09] of German painter, sculptor, typographer, and writer Kurt Schwitters about his experiences capturing portraits during WWII.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Paintings
In this video [3:00] explore masterful paintings of the 1400s-1500s. Masaccio's panel of St. Andrew, Sebastiano's Pope Clement VII painted on slate, the Halberdier by Pontormo, Van Dyck's Agostino Pallavicini, and La Tour's Gabriel...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Holbein the Younger, the Ambassadors
This double portrait is full of revealing surprises about Holbein's technique, the subject of the painting, the painting's historical context, and the symbolic meaning of the many objects depicted. [15:34]