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Unlocking an 18th-century French Mechanical Table
With a turn of a key, this table transforms into a desk. Learn how it operates and how it may have been used. See how this table is constructed: http://bit.ly/NUvQdA Love art? Follow us on Google+ to stay in touch:...
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Conserving Old Master Drawings: A Balancing Act
A fundamental role of a museum is to care for its collection and preserve it for future generations. European drawings from the 1300s to the late 1800s, or old master drawings, are particularly vulnerable--they are on paper and hundreds...
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The Art of Gem Carving
Since antiquity, gemstones have been engraved using the same methods. Follow the process from start to finish in this short video from the Getty Museum. Love art? Follow us on Google+ to stay in touch: http://bit.ly/gettygoogleplus...
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Making a Spanish Polychrome Sculpture
Seventeenth-century Spanish polychrome sculpture was intended to appear as lifelike as possible. Compared to bronze or marble statues, sculpted and painted wooden figures--often with glass eyes and wigs--achieve a remarkable realistic...
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Conserving Bronze: The Lamp with Erotes from Vani
In the summer of 2007, four bronze lamps were discovered in a rock-cut pit near the walls of ancient Vani. Much ancient bronzework is lost to us, so the discovery of these remarkable objects in such a well-preserved condition is of...