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The Art Assignment
Better Know: The Starry Night | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Sure, you've seen Vincent Van Gogh's famed painting The Starry Night before. And maybe you know of him as a tortured soul. But let's take a closer look behind this most recognizable work of art.
The Art Assignment
Conjure a studio. | Hope Ginsburg | The Art Assignment
INSTRUCTIONS 1. CONJURE A STUDIO: REAL OR IMAGINARY - Where do you like to work? - What do you like to do? - If you could do it anywhere (or with anyone), where would it be? 2. MAKE IT HAPPEN - Take over, transform, build a space... -...
The Art Assignment
The Case for Realism
What's the point of making realistic paintings when photography can do the trick? We look at the history of artists recreating the world as we see it and ponder why it's still happening.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Art History: Courbet's the Artist's Studio
Video and article discussing the history, creation, and features of Gustav Courbet's The Artist's Studio.
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Khan Academy: Courbet, a Burial at Ornans, 1849 50
This video spotlights Gustave Courbet's "A Burial at Ornans". View the picture and listen as two renowned art professors discuss the painting. [5:45]
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Khan Academy: Courbet, the Artist's Studio
This video spotlights Gustave Courbet's "The Painter's Studio: A Real Allegory Summing Up Seven Years of My Life as an Artist". View the picture and listen as two renowned art professors discuss this historical painting.