Learn about the tools, materials, and techniques needed for stretching your own painting canvas in this step-by-step tutorial with IN THE STUDIO instructor Corey D'Augustine.

Learn how the GCI and CERKAS partnered to develop a Conservation and Rehabilitation Plan for Kasbah Taourirt in Ouarzazate, Morocco. The oasis valleys of southern Morocco are home to thousands of earthen kasbahs and ksours, or fortified earthen settlements. From 2011 to 2016, the Getty Conservation Institute partnered with the Centre de Conservation et de Réhabilation du Patrimoine Architectural Atlasiques et Subatlasiques (CERKAS) in Morocco to develop a Conservation and Rehabilitation Plan for one of the region's most significant settlements, Kasbah Taourirt in Ouarzazate. Learn more about this project: http://bit.ly/1j5W122

In ancient Greece, the phrase "to make pottery" meant to work hard. This video from the Getty Museum reveals how the typical Athenian potter prepared clay, threw vases, oversaw firing, and added decoration or employed vase-painters. Created by Getty Museum.

17th Century Spanish polychrome sculpture can achieve remarkable realism. Learn about the techniques estofado—painting and incising to portray silk fabrics, and encarnaciones—for the hair and skin. Created by Getty Museum.

An illuminated manuscript is a book written and decorated completely by hand. Such manuscripts were among the most precious objects in medieval and early Renaissance monasteries and courts. Discover how skilled artists and craftspeople created these beautiful illuminated masterpieces. Created by Getty Museum.

Illuminated manuscripts are books from early medieval times through the Renaissance. Considered major works of art, they were written and decorated by hand with gold, silver, lapis, and other precious materials. Explore several exemplars, including the finest German illuminated manuscript of the 12th century, the Stammheim Missal, as well as other religious and secular works. Created by Getty Museum.

Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker, Isaac Peterson, Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

A review of fresco and tempera and the development of the use of oil paint by artists in Venice. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Scientists from the Getty Conservation Institute attempt to recreate the method and materials used by Jackson Pollock to create his monumental painting, Mural. Created by Getty Museum.

Created by Getty Museum and the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. Discover how Brazilian Concrete Artists engaged with a rapidly industrializing culture by using the entire range of industrial paints developed in the 20th century. This video is one of three that accompanied the “Making Art Concrete: Works from Argentina and Brazil in the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros” (September 16, 2017 – February 11, 2018) at the Getty Museum. For more information visit http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/cisneros. Created by Getty Museum.

Quarrying and Carving Marble Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. David Drogin . Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Mold-blown glass is forced against the inner surfaces of a mold and assumes its shape. Watch this ancient process (footage courtesy of Mark Taylor and David Hill-the Roman Glassmakers). Created by Getty Museum.

Speakers: Dr. David Drogin and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Since antiquity, gemstones have been engraved using the same methods. Watch the process from start to finish as a gem carver recreates an ancient image. Created by Getty Museum.

Ancient Egyptian mummification preserved the body for the afterlife by removing internal organs and moisture and by wrapping the body with linen. This animation uses the Getty's mummy Herakleides. Created by Getty Museum.