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Khan Academy: Looking at Paintings
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 by Rubens, Christ Crowned with...
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Khan Academy: Paintings
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 Bernard de Rieux reveal...
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Khan Academy: Gold Ground Panel Painting
Wood panel was the support most often used for painting before canvas replaced it at the end of the 1500s. Artists applied gold ground and expensive pigments to the most splendid panel paintings. It demonstrates how a wood panel was...
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Khan Academy: Conservation: Copper Paint Deterioration
Green, copper-based paint has destroyed its fabric backing in this Southeast Asian painting from the Doris Duke Collection. In this video [1:54] see how conservators are patching all the green areas of the painting. Learn more about art...