Weird History
Kidnapping of JP Getty III
To understand the Paul Getty kidnapping, you need to know a little bit about Getty family history. Paul, also known as John Paul Getty III, was the grandson of J. Paul Getty, the man who began making money from oil leases in the 1910s...
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Manuscripts
A video discussion of Illuminated Manuscripts created during the Renaissance Period.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Paintings
A video discussion of portrait paintings from various artists in early art history.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Making Manuscripts
This video describes the process of creating an illuminated manuscript produced in the Renaissance and Middle Ages. Segment topics cover preparing a parchment paper, writing, illuminating, and binding.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: The Medieval Calendar
An very interesting video (RealAudio) on the calendar used by the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages. The video overs days, months, religious holidays and more.
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Khan Academy: Making Greek Vases
In this video [4:20] the ancient Greece, phrase "to make pottery" meant to work hard. This video from the Getty Museum reveals how the typical Athenian potter prepared clay, threw vases, oversaw firing, and added decoration or employed...
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Khan Academy: Making a Molded Athenian Vase
In this video [5:36] examine an ancient Athenian drinking cup. Made about 470 B.C., in part, by molding, the cup was designed in the shape of two joined heads: Herakles and a woman. Explore the cup's construction, painting, and firing....
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Khan Academy: Making a Spanish Polychrome Sculpture
In this video [12:03] 17th Century Spanish polychrome sculpture can achieve remarkable realism. Learn about the techniques estofado - painting and incising to portray silk fabrics, and encarnaciones - for the hair and skin. Created by...
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Khan Academy: Statue of an Emperor: A Conservation Partnership
In this video [5:41] watch conservators from the Pergamon Museum in Berlin and the Getty Museum disassemble, clean and reassemble an ancient Roman marble sculpture.
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Khan Academy: Protecting Art in an Earthquake: Seismic Isolator Technology
In this video [2:08] we see what might happen to a fragile work of art during an earthquake? Learn how the Getty Museum's seismic isolator technology protects inherently unstable objects.
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Khan Academy: Construction of an 18th Century French Mechanical Table
In this video [2:02] see why the innovative mechanics and artistry of Jean-Franqois Oeben's table continue to amaze. Created by Getty Museum. The marquetry tabletop surface has a ground of purple heartwood into which thin pieces of other...
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Khan Academy: Blue Gangster Demon
In this video [1:59] Benjamin and Bryn talk about demons in Cenni's Coronation of the Virgin and Saints. This is from a tour at the Getty Center: The Supernatural in Art. Created by Getty Museum.
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Khan Academy: Bored Angel and Twin
In this video [1:58] Benjamin and Devin talk about angels made by an English artist in about 1420-30. This is from an imaginative tour at the Getty Center: The Supernatural in Art. Created by Getty Museum.
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Khan Academy: Ferocious but Cute Sea Monster
In this video [1:22] Bryn talks about a ferocious but cute sea monster in Soldani Benzi's "Andromeda and the Sea Monster", 1710-16. From a tour at the Getty Center: The Supernatural in Art.
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Khan Academy: "A Hare in the Forest," Hans Hoffmann
In this video [1:43] listen to a commentary about the painting "A Hare in the Forest," Hans Hoffmann in the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection. Part of the Animals in Art tour at the Getty Center. Created by Getty Museum.
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Khan Academy: The Medieval Calendar
The medieval calendar served as a map of the Church year and featured illustrations of saints, feasts, monthly labors, leisure activities, and signs of the zodiac. In this video [4:29] learn how to read a medieval calendar, and discover...
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Khan Academy: Looking at Paintings
In this video [10:55] discover the elements of art seen in such masterpieces as "The Dream of Pope Sergius" by van der Weyden, "La Promenade" by Renoir, "River Landscape" by Koninck, "Still Life with Apples" by Cezanne, "The Entombment"...
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Khan Academy: Orazio Gentileschi's Paintings of Women and Divine Love
Gentileschi painted three women challenged in their devotion to God reflecting the Catholic belief that divine ecstasy can only be achieved when a woman chooses freely to love God. [2:11]
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Khan Academy: Paintings
In this video [3:00] explore masterful paintings of the 1400s-1500s. Masaccio's panel of St. Andrew, Sebastiano's Pope Clement VII painted on slate, the Halberdier by Pontormo, Van Dyck's Agostino Pallavicini, and La Tour's Gabriel...
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Khan Academy: Glassmaking Technique: Mold Blown Glass
Mold-blown glass is made by blowing hot glass into a mold made of clay, wood, or metal. Watch a glassmaker use a mold with incised designs (footage [1:48] from the Corning Museum of Glass).
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Khan Academy: Roman Mold Blown Glass
Mold-blown glass is forced against the inner surfaces of a mold and assumes its shape. Watch this video [1:28] to see this ancient process (footage courtesy of Mark Taylor and David Hill-the Roman Glassmakers). Created by Getty Museum.
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Khan Academy: The Art of Gem Carving
Since antiquity, gemstones have been engraved using the same methods. Watch this video [4:09] to learn the process from start to finish as a gem carver recreates an ancient image. Created by Getty Museum.
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J. Paul Getty Museum: Paris: Life and Luxury: French Mechanical Table
Highly decorative and cleverly designed table, which mechanically transforms into a desk at the turn of a key, epitomizes the richness of eighteenth-century French style before the French Revolution. [2:39]