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).
Dante Alighieri's Inferno, part of his "Divine Comedy," is a place where Virgil accompanies Dante as they see individuals who were characterized by av...
In 1885, the Russian Tsar decided to give his wife a surprise Easter present. Inside the beautiful Easter egg were even more surprises. It led to an I...
This art makes the everyday world its gallery and general pubic response its currency.
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 - when the United Irishmen attempted to free their country of British rule - ultimately did not succeed.
After the Eleventh Corps disgracefully runs from battle, Couch''s Corps forms a new line of battle at Chancellorsville.
Historians believe that Thomas Cromwell fought on the side of the French against the Spanish at the Battle of Garigliano in 1503.
The Battle of Gravelines, which took place during the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade and conquer England, was a victory for the British. A scene f...
A significant battle, between the Spanish and English fleets, took place off Gravelines in August of 1588. Today, Gravelines is part of France.&...
Robert Adams created this map, "Expeditions of the Spanish in England," during 1590.
In 1776, at the mouth of the entrance to Charleston Harbor, a geographic obstacle called Sullivan's Island beckoned the Patriots as a reasonable place...
Although beautiful, this famous painting inaccurately depicts how the sea met the land at the time of the famous battle at Thermopylae.
The first skirmish of the American Revolution took place in Lexington, Massachusetts. These images depict the only pictorial record created by a conte...
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