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).
Joanne Pearce-Martin is principal keyboardist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
At the age of thirteen, while in her parents' garden, Joan of Arc began to see visions of saints.
Joel Stransky, a member of the 1995 Springboks team (number 10), was born on the 16th of July, 1967 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
It was Joe Rosenthal who took the famous flag-raising photo at Iwo Jima.
John Basilone (born on November 4, 1916) was the sixth of Salvatore and Dora Basilone's ten children.
1802 was a busy year for Napoleon Bonaparte: In March, he agreed to the Treaty of Amiens between France and Britain (thereby ending the War of the Sec...
Long before America had "Uncle Sam," Britain had "John Bull.
The 1896 Presidential Election in America was noteworthy for many reasons, not least for the hundreds of political cartoons which newspapers published...
Invasions have been part of Britain's history. Sometimes those invasions are featured in political cartoons.
John Cabot - the Anglicized version of Giovanni Caboto's name - is believed to be the first European explorer to visit parts of North America since th...
In his Friendship 7 space capsule, John Glenn is the first American to orbit Earth, becoming an instant hero in the process. His historic trip takes p...
John Hancock was 39 years old, in 1776, when he was President of the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence. He helped to fun...
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