This art history video discussion examines Cindy Sherman's "Untitled Film Still #21," 1978, gelatin silver print, 7.5 x 9.5 inches or 19.1 x 24.1 cm (MoMA).

This art history video discussion looks at Simone Martini's "Annunciation", 1333, tempera on panel (Uffizi, Florence).

This art history video discussion looks at Sir John Everett Millais' "Christ in the House of His Parents", 1849-50, oil on canvas (Tate Britain, London).

This art history video discussion looks at Sir John Everett Millais' "Ophelia", 1851-52, oil on canvas (Tate Britain, London).

This art history video discussion looks at Claus Sluter's (with Claus de Werve) "The Well of Moses", 1395-1405 (calvary finished 1399, prophets 1402-05, painted by Jean Malouel c. 1402), Asnières stone with gilding and polychromy, slightly less than 7 meters high, originally close to 13 meters with cross. Located on the grounds of the former Chartreuse de Champmol, a Carthusian monastery in Dijon, France established by Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. The prophets depicted include: Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel, and Isaiah.

Smarthistory, the art history provider of the Khan Academy, provides comprehensive essays and videos covering art historical topics from prehistoric through contemporary times. Thematic approaches and current ethical issues related to art and archeology are also covered and explored. Downloadable PDF documents are available for specific geographic regions. This site is geared towards the introductory learner and is appropriate for AP high school students, college students, and the general public. New material and formats, including a globally-oriented digital textbook, are being added to the site.

This art history video discussion examines the "Standard of Ur", c. 2600-2400 B.C.E. (British Museum).

In this art history video discussion Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker look at Franz von Stuck's "The Sin," 1893. Neue Pinakothek, Munich.

Focuses on the production of visual art for public places outside the gallery/museum context. Readings and discussions that engage aesthetic, social, political, and urban issues relevant to this expanded public context complement studio production. Traditional approaches of enhancement and commemoration are contrasted to more temporal and critical methodologies. Historical models are studied and discussed, including Russian Constructivist experiments, the Situationists, Conceptual Art, and more recent interventionist tactics.

This art history video discussion examines the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial, c. 700 (British Museum, London). The exhibit includes multiple bronze, gold and silver objects of Anglo Saxon origin, found in Suffolk, England, including: a helmet, sceptre, sword, hanging bowl, bowls and spoons, shoulder clasps, a belt buckle, and purse lid.

This art history video discussion examines Edvard Munch's "The Storm", 1893, oil on canvas (MoMA).

This art history video discussion examines the Temple of Portunus (formerly known as, Fortuna Virilis), travertine, tufa, and stucco, c. 120-80 B.C.E., Rome.

This art history video discussion looks at Thutmose's "Model Bust of Queen Nefertiti", New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, c. 1340 BCE, limestone and plaster (Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection/Neues Museum, Berlin).

This art history video discussion looks at Jacopo Tintoretto's "The Origin of the Milky Way", c. 1575, oil on canvas (The National Gallery, London).

This art history video discussion looks at Titian's "Bacchus and Ariadne", 1523-24, oil on canvas now atop board (National Gallery, London). Part of a mythological cycle painted by Titian and Giovanni Bellini and commissioned by Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara that includes The Feast of the Gods and the Andrians. Originally hung in the studiolo or Camerini d'Alabastro of the Duke's Ferranese castle.

This art history video discussion considers Titian's "Christ Crowned with Thorns" c. 1570–76, oil on canvas. Alte Pinakothek, Munich.

In this Smarthistory video Dr. Beth Harris & Dr. Steven Zucker discuss Titian's "Madonna of the Pesaro Family" 1519-26, oil on canvas, at the Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice.

This art history video discussion looks at Titian's "Noli me Tangere", c. 1514, oil on canvas (The National Gallery, London).

This art history video discussion looks at Titian's "Venus of Urbino" 1538, oil on canvas (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).

This art history video discussion looks at Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec "At the Moulin Rouge", 1893-95, oil on canvas (Art Institute of Chicago).