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 Hubble Space Telescope took this image which NASA describes as a “Glowing Pool of Light: Planetary Nebula NGC 3132.”  In the midd...

This map illustrates the plan of siege for Yorktown and Gloucester Point.

Achilles realized that Polyxena, whom he loved, had betrayed him.

Before it was destroyed by volcanic debris spewed from Mt.

When Pope Gregory VII was born, circa 1025, his family lived near Sovana (which was then part of the Papal States).

Pope Urban II gave a speech at the Council of Clermont, in 1095, which ended-up being one of the most significant of the medieval era. He urged the pe...

Henry Morgan was born in Wales but is most-known for his escapades as a buccaneer.

With very little food and no money to buy provisions starving Irish families looked to the government for help.

By 1886, according to contemporary articles, William Ewart Gladstone (then Great Britains Prime Minister) believed Ireland needed to be independent.

Pieter Bruegel - usually called "Pieter Bruegel the Elder" - is known as the greatest Flemish painter of the 16th century.

John Forbes Nash became a professor while most young people his age were still trying to determine their career paths.

Combatants in a military conflict try to win the hearts of the people with various types of propaganda.

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