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Khan Academy: Copley, Watson and the Shark

For Students 9th - 10th
"Watson and the Shark" is an energetic and emotional work by John Singleton Copley. It retains a special place within the history of late-eighteenth-century English Romanticism. View the picture and read the details of this painting in...
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Khan Academy: Velasco, the Valley of Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel" by Velasco represents an important period in the development of Mexico's national identity and an important chapter in the history of Mexican art. Velasco's landscapes became...
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Do Dea: Contemplation and Argumentation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this self-guided unit, you will read Romantic and Transcendental literature and you will practice the art of persuasion using rhetorical devices, appeals, and refutation while avoiding logical fallacies. By the end of the unit, you...
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Khan Academy: Church, Niagara and Heart of the Andes

For Students 9th - 10th
Frederic Edwin Church is most famous for his large, blockbuster--ized landscapes. Among the many he painted, Niagara (1857) and The Heart of the Andes (1863) are justifiably the most famous. View pictures of these paintings and read...
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Khan Academy: Catlin, the White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas

For Students 9th - 10th
George Catlin's paintings and illustrations show Native-Americans as real people as opposed to noble savages as Europeans often viewed them. View examples of his paintings and read their backstory in this essay.
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Khan Academy: Art History: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discussing the features of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's Apotheosis of Homer.
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Caspar David Friedrich

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of German Romantic painter Caspar Friedrich, including pictures of some of his paintings.
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Khan Academy: Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware

For Students 9th - 10th
"Washington Crossing the Delaware" by German Emanuel Leutze is one of the most recognizable images in the history of American art. Read the backstory and view pictures of this painting.