Visual Arts Story Briefs

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).

This image depicts "Robert," the H-bomb which fell into the Mediterranean Sea (off the coast of Spain) on January 17, 1966.

When Napoleon and his Grand Army reached Moscow, on the 14th of September, 1812, nearly the whole city had been abandoned. Then it erupted in flames. ...

Entitled "The Foundation of American Government," Hintemeister's art work is his interpretation of a key event in American history.

Frances Mayes, author of "Under the Tuscan Sun," decided to change her life after the end of her first marriage.

Frances Adeline Miller Seward, the wife of President Lincoln’s Secretary of State, William Seward, was respected in her own right. Among other t...

A 31-year-old French General - Jean-Joseph-Amable Humbert - arrived in County Mayo, Ireland on the 22nd of August, 1798.

Passing through the frozen part of the Inferno, Dante and Virgil encounter heads which seem to be completely frozen in ice.  Gustave Dore illust...

When people have a very contagious disease, how do doctors keep from getting sick, too?

As Dante and his traveling companion, Virgil, continue their journey, they soon come to a place which looks like a cave in this engraving by Gustave D...

Continental Army General Horatio Gates was a war hero, but he was also ready to lead a mutiny after the Revolutionary War was over. It was called the ...

During America's Civil War, General Robert E. Lee was commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.

General Sherman devastated Atlanta during his 1864 "March to the Sea.

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