Khan Academy: Art History: Dada: Dali, the Persistence of Memory

Immerse yourself in the beautiful, twisted world of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. A detailed lesson plan provides important details about the writing, stagecraft, music, and literary elements of the famous musical,...

Sherlock Holmes may have been the greatest detective in literary history. A study guide for The Hound of the Baskervilles introduces a story featuring the famous detective before sharing activities related to the text. Readers...

The attitudes of European settlers toward the American wilderness, as reflected in art and literature, is the focus of this resource packet designed for teachers. Included in the unit overview you will find lists or paintings and...

Despite spending many years in a sanatorium, Antonin Artaud became a well-known playwright. Video 43 from the Crash Course Drama and Theater playlist describes the life work of the French playwright with a focus on the theater of...

This video spotlights Salvador Dali's "The Persistence of Memory". View the picture and listen as an art professor discusses why this painting is so wildly popular. [6:27]

Video discussing a Roman copy of a Greek sculpture of a youth, c. AD 69-96. The original statue, Diadoumenos, by Polykleitos, c. 430 BC, was melted down for its bronze. Includes links to additional information and images. [9:03]

This video [3:40] Rene Magritte, The Treachery of Images (Ceci n'est pas une pipe), 1929 (LACMA) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker.

This video [3:54] discusses Peter Paul Rubens', The Consequences of War, 1638-39, oil on canvas (Palatine Gallery, Palazzo Pitti, Florence) http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/baroque-flanders.html

A video [3:45] of Giorgione's The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1505/1 in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. The video is narrated by Dr. Heather Horton and Dr. Mark Trowbridge.

This video [4:08] discusses Salvador Dali's, Metamorphosis of Narcissus, 1937, oil on canvas, 51.1 x 78.1 cm (Tate Modern, London) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker