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An open educational resource for art history, with free images and texts on 250 required works of art in revised exam. Khan Academy , AP® Art History , free study resource keyed to revised exam. Nici, John A. (2015).
Smarthistory. Smarthistory is a free resource for the study of art history created by art historians Beth Harris and Steven Zucker. Smarthistory is an independent not-for-profit organization and the official partner of the Khan Academy for art history. [1] [2] It is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. [3]
Kui Hua Zi (Sunflower Seeds) is an art installation created by contemporary artist and political activist Ai Weiwei. It was first exhibited at the Tate Modern art gallery in London from 12 October 2010 to 2 May 2011. The work consisted of one hundred million individually hand-crafted porcelain sunflower seeds which filled the gallery's 1,000 ...
Gardner's Art Through the Ages. Gardner's Art through the Ages is an American textbook on the history of art, with the 2004 edition by Fred S. Kleiner and Christin J. Mamiya. The 2001 edition was awarded both a McGuffey award for longevity [1] and the "Texty" Award for current editions [2] by the Text and Academic Authors Association.
Venus de Milo, at the Louvre. Art history is, briefly, the history of art—or the study of a specific type of objects created in the past. [1]Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today, art history examines broader aspects of visual culture, including the various visual and conceptual outcomes ...
Oil on canvas. Dimensions. 140 cm × 98 cm (55 in × 39 in) Location. Pushkin Museum, Moscow. Goldfish is an oil-on-canvas still life painting by French visual artist Henri Matisse. Painted in 1912, Goldfish was part of a series that Matisse produced between the spring and early summer of 1912.
The Court of Gayumars Attributed to Aqa Mirak, Faridun disguised as a dragon tests his sons. The Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp (Persian: شاهنامه شاهطهماسب) or Houghton Shahnameh is one of the most famous illustrated manuscripts of the Shahnameh, the national epic of Greater Iran, and a high point in the art of the Persian miniature.
Updated May 3, 2019 at 4:25 PM. 'Antiques Roadshow:' Saturday Evening Post Art Worth $250K. On Monday night's episode of "Antiques Roadshow," a painting that once graced the cover of The Saturday ...