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Khan Academy: Gold Ground Painting Quiz
Test your knowledge of Italian gold-ground painting.
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Khan Academy: Photography and Railroads
From the 1850s, photography and the railroad each offered new experiences to people who had never before traveled great distances. Photographs were used to allay fears of potential travelers.
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Khan Academy: Understanding the Wet Collodion Process
The wet collodion process was a photographic process used to produce a negative.
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Khan Academy: Adriaen De Vries's Bronze Casting: Direct Lost Wax Method
Using Adriaen de Vries's stunning 17th-century sculpture Juggling Man as an example, this article examines the laborious process of creating a bronze sculpture with the direct lost-wax method.
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Khan Academy: De Vries's Bronze Casting Quiz
Test your knowledge of De Vries's bronze casting technique.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Red Figured Gela Krater
Superb example of red-figured vase depicting a favorite subject of Greek artists, a battle scene.
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Self Portrait / David
The companion website of a major survey of the work of Jacques-Louis David exhibited at the J. Paul Getty Museum in February 2005. The exhibition focuses on the artist's career after the French Revolution, from the mid-1790s until his...
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Bonaparte Crossing the Alps / David
The companion website of a major survey of the work of Jacques-Louis David exhibited at the J. Paul Getty Museum in February 2005. The exhibition focuses on the artist's career after the French Revolution, from the mid-1790s until his...