Khan Academy: Art History: Florence: Giotto's the Entombment of Mary

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This video [4:04] discusses Giotto's, The Ognissanti Madonna, 1306-10, tempera on panel, 128 x 80 1/4" (325 x 204 cm). Painted for the Church of Ognissanti, Florence Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris.

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 [4:34] discusses Giotto di Bondone's, St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata with predella scenes of the Dream of Innocent III, The Pope Approving the Rule of the Order, and St. Francis Preaching to the Birds, c....

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

This video [6:28] discusses Salvador Dali's, The Persistence of Memory, 1931 (The Museum of Modern Art) Speakers: Sal Khan & Steven Zucker

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 [3:33] discusses Paolo Uccello's Battle of San Romano, probably c. 1538-40 in the National Gallery, London. Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris & Dr. Steven Zucker.