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).

The artist Rita Greer has painted her interpretation of what it must have been like in London when people were fleeing the city during the time of "Th...

Gildas, an ancient chronicler, tells us that after Rome's legions left Britannia, intruders invaded the shores of the country we now know as Britain.

Scholars believe that Jules Verne patterned Captain Nemo on Gustave Flourens (1838-1871), a French revolutionary and writer. Who was he?

The Library of Congress owns one of three "perfect" Gutenberg Bibles printed on vellum (calf's skin).  The other two are at the British Library (...

How did Gutenberg’s printing process work?  This engraving of the printing process, by Theodor Galle, is based on an earlier work - Nova R...

Around September of 1452, using his invention that changed the world, Gutenberg first released a publication from his movable-type printing press.

Gutzon Borglum - depicted in this image - is famous for the carvings at Mount Rushmore, but that project was not the first time the sculptor attempted...

Every November 5th, as bonfires burn, Britain celebrates being saved from a national catastrophe when Guy Fawkes was discovered with 36 barrels of gun...

In this image we see a castle in the town of Gyula, Hungary.  It is named after Gyula III, a Hungarian ruler.Gyula is located in the Great Hungar...

Halicarnassus, home of Herodotus the historian, was also the site of a famous marble mausoleum - one of seven wonders of the ancient world.

In this fictional setting, at Jurassic World, scientists working in the "Hammond Creation Lab" follow a detailed process to produce new dinosaur attra...

The “Hanging Gardens of Babylon” are known as one of the “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.”No one really knows where the Ha...

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