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).

John Doc Bradley was one of the flag raisers at Iwo Jima and is in the famous picture which Joe Rosenthal took on February 23, 1945. His son wrote "Fl...

Refusing to recant his beliefs, which were contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church, Jan Hus (John Huss) was burned at the stake outside the c...

Wishing to build a school on his property, Rabe had to join the Nazi party. Woods tells us why.

Benjamin Franklin uses this political cartoon in 1754, urging American Colonials to band together against threats posed by the French and by Native Am...

Jos Flaugier created a portrait of Joseph Bonaparte, circa 1809. It is depicted in this image.

Josephine Brunsvik von Deym was a very close friend of Beethoven. Some historians speculate that she may have been Beethoven's "Immortal Beloved."

Joseph Roulin was a good friend of Vincent van Gogh's when the artist lived in the yellow house at Arles.

Justice Joseph Story was one of America's most-famous jurists during his lifetime. He authored the decision freeing the Amistad captives.

When the Irish potato famine caused people to lose their homes, some individuals - like Judy O'Donnel - found "habitation" under a bridge.

Julie More, portrayed in "We Were Soldiers" by Madeline Stowe, changed the way family members were notified about the deaths of fallen Army soldiers d...

Julius Caesar sails to Britain from France, in 55 BC, and is initially met with men who are willing to fight against Caesar and his troops. Caesar lea...

This 19th-century illustration, called Caesar Crossing the Rubicon, is an artistic rendering of Julius Caesar's famous decision to defy Roman law.

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