Khan Academy: Art History: Venice: Tintoretto, the Origin of the Milky Way

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,...

Historically, members of the upper class provide plenty of fodder for comedic writers. Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest is no exception, and a study guide for the classic play discusses some of the Victorian social...

Bass drum, snare drum, tom-toms, cymbals. Perched behind their drum sets, wielding their drum sticks and wire brushes, drummers lay the grove and are the heartbeat of a band's performance. A dynamic lesson introduces young musicians to...

Unless you're singing about a lonely goatherd in the Sound of Music, goats have little to do with theater, and yet the word tragedy comes from the Greek words for goat and song. A video about Greek drama, the second video in the Crash...

The episode from the "Art/Architecture" playlist examines the paintings of the famous Nineteenth Century German romantic landscape artist. The narrator focuses on Friedrich's belief that art can teach us about the importance of...

A video [7:03] of Jacopo Tintoretto's The Miracle of the Slave, 1548. The video is narrated by Khan Academy's Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.

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]

A video [4:26] of Paolo Veronese's The Dream of Saint Helena, c. 1570 in The National Gallery, London. The video includes a conversation between Khan Academy's Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. 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.

Invite your learners to consider how the context of an artwork can alter its meaning and interpretation throughout its history by examining the intriguing history behind Michelangelo's statue of David. The video discusses...