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).

Dr. Glob spent a career as Director General of Museums and Antiquities in Denmark.  As part of his work, he frequently examined really well-prese...

Bookcover image of Civil War In Photographs, by William C. Davis.

This book features the paintings of Mort Kunstler with text by Professor James I. Robertson, Jr.  Both men are American Civil-War specialists.

Image of a facsimilie, dated 20 February, 1962 called The Cuba Project. It was authored by General Lansdale who advocated for an invasion of Cuba. Cl...

This book - by Howard Carter and A.C. Mace - was originally published in 1923 (with subsequent volumes in 1927 and 1933).  The edition pictured a...

Bookcover image of The Great Raid, by William B. Breuer.

This chart, prepared by Professor Ed Stephan (Western Washington University), shows the geneology of the House of Hapsburg (Habsburg). Click on the i...

During their "Corps of Discovery" mission, Lewis and Clark kept a record of the expedition.  Their journals have been assembled into book form fo...

Bookcover image of The Killer Angels:  A Novel of the Civil War, by Michael Shaara. Amazon provides details about this acclaimed book: In t...

This illuminated text - of The Knight's Tale - is a page from the Ellesmere Manuscript of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.  It is currently maintained...

John Newton was more than a writer of the world's most-popular hymn, "Amazing Grace." To learn more about his background, check out this book.  ...

Image depicts the illustration that was used opposite the title page of Equiano's autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equi...

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