Visual Arts Documents

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).

Page from the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano (also known as "Gustavus Vassa, The African"). As conditions grew worse on the ship, kidnapped African...

This is an excerpt from Witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland - James VI's Demonology and the North Berwick Witches - by Lawrence Normand and Gareth Rob...

This chart depicts the Kings of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the time of the Crusaders' control of the area. Click on the image for a better view.

Mrs. Jefferson - called “Patty” by her husband, Thomas Jefferson - was often ill during the last years of her life.  Six years after ...

Image of Lawrence Nowell's self-portrait from his 1564 pocket atlas.

As reports came into the White House from Vietnam, during the summer of 1968, President Johnson often showed his emotions.  In this image, he is ...

Page from the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano (also known as "Gustavus Vassa, The African"). Here Equiano learns the reason why he was captured:&nbs...

On the 19th of May, 1900, Wilbur Wright sent a letter to Octave Chanute.  In it, he discusses a serious "illness" which he has.  The cure, f...

This is the second page of Wilbur Wright's May 13th, 1900, letter to Octave Chanute.  He wrote the letter on Wright Cycle Company stationery. Th...

This image depicts the third page of Wilbur Wright's 13 May 1900 letter to Octave Chanute.  Wright is sharing his ideas about the problems he and...

Seeking help in thinking through the best way to approach the concept of powered flight, Wilbur Wright wrote to Octave Chanute on the 13th of May, 190...

This image depicts the final page of Wilbur Wright's letter dated May 13, 1900 which he sent to Octave Chanute.  Wilbur is asking for help as he ...

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