What does it mean when we say "art is in the eye of the beholder?" How have artists' subjects changed over the centuries? This collection features diverse art forms (from ancient mosaics to modern cubism).
An Irish peasant family is treated horrifically when the family members not only lose their home but see it destroyed.
Andrew Jackson was America's 7th President. This portrait of him, by Thomas Sully, was created in 1824.
Some decisions by Andrew Jackson (1829-1837), America's seventh president, greatly disturbed Native Americans. Among the results, of those decisions, ...
After Rome's legions left Briton, the local people (who had relied on Rome's defensive help for centuries) were left to fend for themselves. They wer...
This image depicts an artist’s rendering of an Anglo-Saxon warrior called a “Thegn.”Who was a thegn? What role did such men pl...
Anna Ladd, at her studio in Paris, works-on a facial mask intended to help a wounded soldier return to life in the public eye.
Ansel Adams, one of America's greatest photographers, started his professional life as a pianist. What made him decide to switch profressions?
This image depicts The Apotheosis of Washington - a very large fresco on the ceiling of the U.S. Capitol Building.
By circa 1849, when James Pollard created his "Approach to Christmas," people in England were using trees for decoration purposes.
Two gentlemen visit Scrooge's office to ask for a Christmas donation to help the poor. Scrooge refuses.
Driving through the streets of Sarajevo, the driver of Franz Ferdinand makes a wrong turn. This provides a potential assassin with a deadly opportunit...
A famous statue of the Greek goddess, Athena Parthenos, is now lost. The work, by Pheidias, once graced the Parthenon in Athens.
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