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).

Bagger Vance is the fictionalized version of Bhagavan (Lord) Krishna.

Meet Robert Louis Stevenson, a writer who lived just 44 years. Although he died in 1894, some of his novels have never been out of print.

Image of a photograph depicting the statue of Robert the Bruce at Edinburgh Castle.

(Robert) Vijay Gupta, child prodigy and friend of Nathaniel Ayers, is a violinist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

After he is banished from Salem, then part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Roger Williams receives invaluable help from Native Americans.

When Rome "ruled the world," its leaders punished people with a very cruel form of execution known as crucifixion. While hanging on a cross, individua...

The federal government encouraged the creation of motivational posters during the Second World War.

Alexander the Great had a way to keep the loyalty of conquered people: He respected their customs and traditions. Showing he meant what he said, he m...

Rudolf Abel was a Soviet spy, living in America for eight years, before an informer (his own assistant) blew Abel's cover when the informer defected i...

The political campaigns, leading-up to the presidential election of 1884, included lots of arguing politicians.

At first, Hitler believed that he could easily conquer the Soviet Union. Then he realized that was not possible.

In August of 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union signed the "Molotov-Ribbentrop Non-Aggression Pact." Hitler never meant for that agreement to last.

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