Visual Arts Chapters

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).

Potter spends summers in the Lake District and uses its surroundings in The Talk of Peter Rabbit.

While running for office, many candidates suffer ridicule in local and national media outlets.

A statue of Teddy Roosevelt on his horse, Tex, sits in front of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

Judas betrays Jesus, and the soldiers arrest him without resistance.

Vincent's emotional state continues to decline, and he takes his last long journey back to Paris.

With Mary in England, Elizabeth's advisors worry about Catholic conspiracies; they dupe Mary into plotting with Anthony Babington to escape and perhap...

Ivan IV is a cruel murderer and an effective leader who strengthens Russia's stature at home and abroad.

Vincent's paintings improve as his mental health deteriorates, causing him to cut off part of his ear and end up in an asylum.

Hundreds of millions of readers know C. S. Lewis as the creator of the characters and the imaginary world inThe Chronicles of Narnia.

Baseball's first "Colored World Series" takes place in October of 1924. Why did this happen?

The exploding supernova, Crab Nebula, is one of the most-studied of all objects in the sky.

Jesus begins his journey carrying his cross, after being stripped, crowned with thorns, and humiliated.

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