Language Guide
Language Guide: El Arte
The arts and people and things pertaining to the arts are the focus of this vocabulary tutorial. Colorful pictures interact with audio of the correct Spanish pronunciation when the mouse is moved over each illustration. Some more...
Khan Academy
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Reliquary Bust of a Companion of Saint Ursula
In this video [2:19] Exhibition curator, James Robinson discusses this beautiful woman, most likely intended to represent one of the companions of St Ursula. According to legend St Ursula was an English princess who decided to go on a...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Installation of St Baudime Reliquary: Treasures of Heaven Exhibit
This reliquary was made between 1146 and 1178 and may once have held a relic of St Baudime's blood. The relic would have been held in a cavity at the back of the reliquary but it is no longer contained inside. There is no record of...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Portraiture, Republic to Flavians: Lesson 1
Portraiture, Republic to Flavians. This lesson is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Portraiture, Republic to Flavians."