The Arts Story Briefs

Following a period of deep depression, during which he questioned whether he could ever compose again, Rachmaninov composed Piano Concerto No. 2. List...

Joseph Warren, a popular and innovative doctor who advocated sterile conditions in treating patients and inoculation of small-pox patients, sent Paul ...

Reflection Nebula, aptly named, looks much like a street lamp, surrounded by fog. What causes its reflection-like appearance?

Rembrandt van Rijn was a Dutch painter, born in Leiden during on the 15th of July, 1606.

Beginning in the fifteenth century, the Medici family, more than any other, presided over this time of cultural change known as "The Renaissance."

As Wat Tyler meets his fate, at the hands of King Richard II's swordsman, the young monarch addresses the rest of the rebels. They were fed-up with i...

Making their way through the various parts of the Inferno, Dante and Virgil come to the "Ninth Circle of Hell."  There they see a gigantic figure...

Before Rome's legions left the Empire's province of Britannia - the country we know today as Britain - Saxon raiders were already terrorizing the loca...

Sol Eytinge, Jr. created illustrations for an 1868 edition of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."

After declining his nephew's invitation, Ebenezer Scrooge has a change of heart. He surprises his family by actually showing-up at Fred's home.

A gifted composer, Sergei Rachmaninoff has an incredibly large hand span which allows him to play piano as few others can. His Piano Concerto No. 3 in...

"Snow White" - the fairy tale - has captured the imagination of children for hundreds of years.