Glance at Eric Fischl's work as he explains his views on the process of painting

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Completed in 1931, the “melting clocks” in Salvador Dalí's The Persistence of Memory quickly became a worldwide sensation.

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Overview of the Statue of Zeus.

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The Laughing Cavalier was painted in 1624 by Dutch artist Frans Hals.

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Time-lapse video of the construction of the New York Yankees' new baseball stadium (opened 2009), Bronx, New York City.

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A discussion of Chinese art, from the documentary China: West Meets East at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Time-lapse video (2004–14) of the construction of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City.

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Learn from artist Peter Blake about the history of blue paint from the costly lapis lazuli-based ultramarine used by Hans Holbein the Younger in the 16th century to the ubiquitous acrylic-based pigments used by David Hockney in the 20th century.