Art

Art and the stories hiding behind it.

Videos

• The art forger who tricked the Nazis (Video) — TED-Ed on Han van Meegeren, who forged “lost” Vermeers well enough to sell one to Göring, then had to prove his own paintings were fakes to beat a collaboration charge.

Resources

• Art History Resources on the Web (Website) — Prof. Christopher Witcombe’s sprawling directory of art-history links, online since 1995 and organised by period and region, from Prehistoric and Ancient through Baroque, the modern centuries, and Contemporary, plus research resources.