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).

Mark Twain was born in a town called Florida in the American state of Missouri.

Young women were involved with circus life, including working with large animals like elephants.

The Marquis de Lafayette became a Major General in the Continental Army of the American Colonies when he was just 19 years old.

Mars, the Roman god of war, was considered a mighty warrior while his counterpart for the Greeks, Ares, was viewed as a coward.

Born in 1731, Martha Dandrige came from a family of considerable wealth who lived in New Kent County, Virginia.

On the 15th of June, 1520, Pope Leo X ordered Martin Luther to recant 41 of his 95 Theses and to stop preaching about those items in his sermons. Luth...

Mary, Queen of Scots married Francis, the Dauphin of France when she was 15 and he was 14.

Mary Ansell was an actress whom J.M. Barrie met in the course of their respective professions. A beautiful young woman, Mary soon had a part in one of...

After close relationships with two different kings - Francis I (of France) and Henry VIII (of England) - Mary Boleyn marries twice. Some historians be...

About six hours before she was executed, Mary Queen of Scots wrote a final letter to her brother-in-law (the King of France, brother of her first husb...

Harper's Weekly reported the massacre at Lawrence, Kansas (which took place on August 21, 1863) in its September 5th issue.

According to Sarah Farmer, in her 1999 book "Martyred Village - Commemorating the 1944 Massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane," tragic events took place as the...

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