Khan Academy: Byzantine: Sant'apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy, C. 533 49

The study resource from Khan Academy provides an overview of Period 6: 1865-1898 in American History. Reform in the Gilded Age is discussed in this lesson. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.

This video spotlights "The Dance Class" by Edgar Degas. View the picture and listen as two renowned art professors discuss the painting. [5:08]

German artist Kathe Kollwitz worked almost exclusively in printmaking and became known for her prints that celebrated the plight of the working-class. View pictures and read about her techniques in this essay.

This fascinating and unique prehistoric sculpture of a dog-like animal was discovered accidentally in 1870 in Tequixquiac, Mexicocan. Anthropologists are not certain of this object's original meaning for either the artist or the people...

Algeria hosts a rich rock art concentration. The most renowned of all these areas is the Tassili n'Ajjer described as "forests of stone". View pictures and read a brief history of rock art in Africa.

View pictures of James Abbott McNeill Whistler's "Nocturne in Black and Gold" and read why this painting was involved in a court case.

View pictures of "Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl" by James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Find out why it has been said that this is his most reviled artwork.

When the Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1799, the carved characters that covered its surface were quickly copied. Printer's ink was applied to the Stone and white paper laid over it. When the paper was removed, it revealed an exact copy...

In this series of videos, we've met artists who use their work as a platform for thinking about big issues- not just those that are unique to them as women and artists, but about gender, sexuality, equality, and political rights, too.

Surrounded by the products of consumer culture, American Pop artists were inspired by what they saw and experienced living within that culture. Read more about Pop art's founding figures in the USA.