History of Music and Musical Instruments
A rock gong in Africa from the Stone Age The first music Birds probably made music long before people, perhaps soon after they evolved in the late Jurassic period, about [...]
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What is a mosaic? History of Art
A mosaic floor made up of tiny blocks You make the simplest kind of mosaic by taking a lot of black and white pebbles and arranging them on a bed [...]
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What is limestone? History of Art
A block of limestone Starting with seashells Limestone is a kind of sedimentary stone that is very common all over the world. This kind of stone forms out of the shells of [...]
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What is fresco painting? History of Art
Fresco painting from Thera, Greece (about 1600 BC) Why are they called frescos? Fresco is the Italian word for "fresh", and that's because painters do fresco painting on fresh, wet plaster [...]
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Bronze Project – History of Art
A copper bracelet To understand what bronze is, you need to check out some copper, some tin, and some bronze. You can get copper wire out of any broken electrical [...]
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History of clay – History of Art
History of clay: Clay on a potter's wheel What is clay? Clay is very fine particles of dirt which float in a stream or river and then sink to the [...]
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What is Bronze? – History of Art
What is bronze? this is the bronze head of an Akkadian king (ca. 2300 BC) What is bronze? Copper and tin Bronze smiths make bronze by melting two different metals [...]
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Medieval African Art
Medieval African art: Two men riding an elephant, in an Indian style (Asbi, Ethiopia, ca. 1000-1200 AD) African art got even better in the Middle Ages, after about 400 AD. [...]
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What is Ivory? History of Ivory
What is ivory? History of ivory: An elephant using her tusks What is ivory? Ivory is the same thing as elephant tusks (but see below). Elephants grow these long teeth [...]
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Egyptian Art History
Egyptian art: Fishing in the swamps on the edges of the Nile River from the tomb of the astronomer Nakht Sixth Dynasty (New Kingdom, ca. 1400 BC) Egyptian art comes [...]
