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Khan Academy: Judaism, an Introduction
Judaism is a monotheistic religion that emerged with the Israelites in the Eastern Mediterranean. This short introductory article discusses the history of Judaism, its sacred texts, and Jewish law.
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Khan Academy: The Neolithic Revolution
During the Neolithic period, people settle down and begin to live in one place, year after year. This leads to massive changes in art. Neolithic sculpture became bigger, in part, because people didn't have to carry it around anymore;...
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Khan Academy: Lascaux
The Caves of Lascaux are the most famous of all of the known caves in southwestern France because of what is contained inside - painted and engraved walls. These cave paintings have shown the very human need to communicate in the form of...
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Khan Academy: Key Points for Studying Global Prehistory
This is a handy study guide for key points about prehistoric times, specifically art during this period. Includes definitions and a specific details about each continent during this period.
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Khan Academy: Yayoi Kusama, Narcissus Garden
The pinnacle of Yayoi Kusama's success is the art installation "Narcissus Garden" where she staged stage 1,500 mass-produced plastic silver globes on the lawn outside the Italian Pavilion. View pictures and read the symbolism behind...
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Khan Academy: Portrait of King Mishe Mishyaang Mambul (Kuba Peoples)
The ndop statues might be the most revered of all Kuba art forms. The ndop (literally meaning "statue") are a genre of figurative wood sculpture that portrays important Kuba leaders throughout the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. View...
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Khan Academy: Principal Deities of Hinduism
There are many Hindu deities, some with great and others with limited powers. Most Hindus focus their devotion primarily on one of these, whom they regard as supreme. These deities are shown in a variety of art forms. This short article...
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Khan Academy: Early Photography: Niepce, Talbot and Muybridge
Photography is a controversial fine art medium, simply because it is difficult to classify-is it an art or a science? Nineteenth-century photographers struggled with this distinction, trying to reconcile aesthetics with improvements in...
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Khan Academy: Eastern Shoshone: Hide Painting of the Sun Dance
Painting on animal hides is a longstanding tradition of the Great Basin and Great Plains people of the United States. Painting, in tandem with oral traditions, functioned to record history.Cotsiogo, a member of the Eastern Shoshone...
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Khan Academy: Longmen Caves, Luoyang
Worship and power struggles, enlightenment and suicide-the 2300 caves and niches filled with Buddhist art at Longmen in China has witnessed it all.The steep limestone cliffs extend for almost a mile and contain approximately 110,000...
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Khan Academy: Master of Calamarca, Angel With Arquebus
Guns, angels and fashion are three unexpected elements that co-exist in the Master of Calamarca's painting Archangel with Gun, Asiel Timor Dei. View pictures and read the history of this painting in this essay.
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Khan Academy: Transformation Masks
Northwest Coast transformation masks manifest transformation, usually an animal changing into a mythical being or one animal becoming another. View pictures and read the history behind the masks and how they are related to myths.
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Khan Academy: Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan, Coyolxauhqui Stone and Olmec Mask
The Templo Mayor was positioned at the center of the Mexica capital and thus the entire empire. The temple contained many Mexica (Aztec) artifacts and gives us a glimpse into their rituals and beliefs. View pictures and read about the...
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Khan Academy: Cabrera, Portrait of Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz
Miguel Cabrera's posthumous portrait of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz is a famous depiction of the esteemed Mexican nun and writer. Read her history and view the portrait on this site.
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Khan Academy: Hiapo (Tapa)
Gender roles played an important role in Polynesian art. Men's arts were often made of hard materials, such as wood, stone, or bone, while women's arts historically utilized soft materials, particularly fibers used to make mats and bark...
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Khan Academy: Maize Cobs
Inka visual expression often incorporated more naturalistic forms in small-scale metal objects. This silver alloy corncob sculpture is one example of this type of object. View pictures and read about this-form of Incan art.
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Khan Academy: Rivera, Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Central Park
"In Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Central Park", hundreds of characters from 400 years of Mexican history gather for a stroll through Mexico City's largest park. View pictures of this Diego Rivera painting and read about the...
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Khan Academy: Cassatt, the Coiffure
Mary Cassatt's motivation in making her prints was to make her art more accessible for a large audience. She believed that everyone, regardless of income or social position, should be able to experience art and to own works they enjoy....
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Khan Academy: The Five Pillars of Islam
When Arab armies of Islam conquered new lands, they began erecting mosques and palaces and commissioning other works of art as expressions of their faith and culture. The religious practice of Islam is based on tenets known as the Five...
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Khan Academy: Hokusai, Under the Wave Off Kanagawa (The Great Wave)
Katsushika Hokusai's "Under the Wave off Kanagawa", also called "The Great Wave" has become one of the most famous works of art in the world-and debatably the most iconic work of Japanese art. View the picture and read the history behind...
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Khan Academy: The Election of 1800
This Khan Academy resource provides and overview of the issues surrounding the Election of 1800.
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Khan Academy: The War of 1812
This Khan Academy resource provides information about the War of 1812, including the surround issues before and after the fighting of it.
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Khan Academy: The Presidency of Andrew Jackson
This Khan Academy resource provides information surrounding the Presidency of Andrew Jackson, including his successes and failures.
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Khan Academy: The Great Pyramids of Giza
The last remaining of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, the great pyramids of Giza are perhaps the most famous and discussed structures in history. However, they are threatened by urban encroachment and political chaos. With the...
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