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Khan Academy: Standard of Ur and Other Objects From the Royal Graves
In the center of the ancient city of Ur is a cemetery that was used between about 2600-2000 B.C.E. and hundreds of burials were made in pits. Many of these contained very rich materials. Read the history and view pictures of some of the...
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Khan Academy: About Chronological Periods in the Islamic World
Studying the Art of the Islamic world is challenging, partially because of the large geographic and chronological scope of Islam. In order to simplify the study of Islamic Art, it has been divided into chronological periods: Early,...
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Khan Academy: Terracotta Fragments, Lapita People
Archaeologists get very excited when they find pieces of Lapita pottery. Why? Because the sequential depositing of potsherds (fragments of pottery) in an easterly direction across the island groups of the Pacific has become the pivotal...
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Khan Academy: Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
Greek art became popular when Roman generals began conquering Greek cities. This work so impressed the Roman elite that studios were set up to meet the growing demand for copies. The Doryphoros was one of the most sought after, and most...
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Khan Academy: Anthropomorphic Stele
Archaeologists believe that the Ha'il stele was probably associated with religious or burial practices, and was likely used as a grave marker in an open-air sanctuary. While we do not know who produced the stele,we continue to be...
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Khan Academy: Ambum Stone
The Ambum Stone is prized above all others not only for its age-it is one of the oldest of all sculptures made in Oceania-but also for its highly detailed sculptural qualities. View pictures and read about the history and mysteries...
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Khan Academy: Tlatilco Figurines
Tlatilco figurines are wonderful small ceramic figures, often of women, found in Central Mexico. Their intimate, lively poses and elaborate hairstyles are indicative of the already sophisticated artistic tradition.View pictures and read...
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Khan Academy: Stonehenge
Stonehenge, on Salisbury plain in England, is one of the most recognizable monuments of the Neolithic world and one of the most popular, with over one million visitors a year. Construction of Stonehenge was a result of at least three...
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Khan Academy: What Maps Tell Us
Maps are subjective, and like any form of art and design they have stories to tell and reveal a lot about the times in which they were produced. Maps involve selections of information, human editing, and a visual language legible to the...
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Khan Academy: Meret Oppenheim, Object (Fur Covered Cup, Saucer, and Spoon)
The story behind the creation of "Object", an ordinary cup, spoon, and saucer wrapped evocatively in gazelle fur, has been told so many times its importance in modernist history transcends the fact it might be of dubious authenticity....
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Khan Academy: Introduction to Buddhism
Buddhism originated in what is today modern India, where it grew into an organized religion practiced by monks, nuns, and lay people. Read a brief history of this religion in this article.
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Khan Academy: Judaism, an Introduction
Judaism is a monotheistic religion that emerged with the Israelites in the Eastern Mediterranean. This short introductory article discusses the history of Judaism, its sacred texts, and Jewish law.
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Khan Academy: Lascaux
The Caves of Lascaux are the most famous of all of the known caves in southwestern France because of what is contained inside - painted and engraved walls. These cave paintings have shown the very human need to communicate in the form of...
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Khan Academy: Key Points for Studying Global Prehistory
This is a handy study guide for key points about prehistoric times, specifically art during this period. Includes definitions and a specific details about each continent during this period.
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Khan Academy: The Neolithic Revolution
During the Neolithic period, people settle down and begin to live in one place, year after year. This leads to massive changes in art. Neolithic sculpture became bigger, in part, because people didn't have to carry it around anymore;...
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Khan Academy: Yayoi Kusama, Narcissus Garden
The pinnacle of Yayoi Kusama's success is the art installation "Narcissus Garden" where she staged stage 1,500 mass-produced plastic silver globes on the lawn outside the Italian Pavilion. View pictures and read the symbolism behind...
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Khan Academy: Portrait of King Mishe Mishyaang Mambul (Kuba Peoples)
The ndop statues might be the most revered of all Kuba art forms. The ndop (literally meaning "statue") are a genre of figurative wood sculpture that portrays important Kuba leaders throughout the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. View...
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Khan Academy: Principal Deities of Hinduism
There are many Hindu deities, some with great and others with limited powers. Most Hindus focus their devotion primarily on one of these, whom they regard as supreme. These deities are shown in a variety of art forms. This short article...
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Khan Academy: Early Photography: Niepce, Talbot and Muybridge
Photography is a controversial fine art medium, simply because it is difficult to classify-is it an art or a science? Nineteenth-century photographers struggled with this distinction, trying to reconcile aesthetics with improvements in...
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Khan Academy: Eastern Shoshone: Hide Painting of the Sun Dance
Painting on animal hides is a longstanding tradition of the Great Basin and Great Plains people of the United States. Painting, in tandem with oral traditions, functioned to record history.Cotsiogo, a member of the Eastern Shoshone...
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Khan Academy: Longmen Caves, Luoyang
Worship and power struggles, enlightenment and suicide-the 2300 caves and niches filled with Buddhist art at Longmen in China has witnessed it all.The steep limestone cliffs extend for almost a mile and contain approximately 110,000...
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Khan Academy: Master of Calamarca, Angel With Arquebus
Guns, angels and fashion are three unexpected elements that co-exist in the Master of Calamarca's painting Archangel with Gun, Asiel Timor Dei. View pictures and read the history of this painting in this essay.
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Khan Academy: Transformation Masks
Northwest Coast transformation masks manifest transformation, usually an animal changing into a mythical being or one animal becoming another. View pictures and read the history behind the masks and how they are related to myths.
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Khan Academy: Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan, Coyolxauhqui Stone and Olmec Mask
The Templo Mayor was positioned at the center of the Mexica capital and thus the entire empire. The temple contained many Mexica (Aztec) artifacts and gives us a glimpse into their rituals and beliefs. View pictures and read about the...
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