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).

Religious scribes and scholars produce many impressive books and manuscripts that reside at Oxford.

Beatrix has a Belgian buck rabbit, Peter Piper, upon which she bases the fictional Peter Rabbit.

Vincent is buried on a beautiful day, surrounded by yellow flowers, his artwork and many people who love him.

Pilate questions Jesus, but refuses to condemn him and sends him to Herod.

No one is sure where the actual tomb of Jesus is located.

Alexander is handsome, observant and wise. He speaks fast, walks fast and is so short that when he conquers Persia even a stool isn't high enough for ...

James grows up without his mother, taking the throne at the age of one.

102 passengers, 41 of whom are Pilgrims, set out in the Mayflower on a late-fall journey across the sea to Virginia.

Learn about Robert E. Lee and the famous military leaders for the Confederate States of America.

After lying low for a while, Jesus leads a procession into Jerusalem for Passover.

In Norse mythology, trolls are supernatural and dangerous beings.

King James lives a dramatic life with literary aspirations and rumors about his relationships with the men in his court.

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