Visual Arts Videos

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).

This historic footage, filmed by the Thomas Edison film company in April of 1906, reveals very few cars in San Francisco at the time of the great eart...

Likely the biggest sea predator of all time, the giant Liopleurodon - were it still alive - would dwarf a sperm whale.

After his Triple-Crown victories, Secretariat raced one more time - on October 28, 1973.

It was a very cold October day, in 1973, when Secretariat took the track at Woodbine.

After winning the Derby and the Preakness, could Secretariat become the first racehorse in twenty-five years to win the Triple Crown at Belmont?

On the 24th of April, 1916, Ernest Shackleton realized his shipthe Endurancewas so badly stuck in ice that he had to take other measures to protect hi...

Happy Oceans Day! Watch a Great White capture a favorite prey - an Elephant Seal - which it attacks with stunning quickness. The unwary seal has littl...

Shergar, the champion thoroughbred, won the Epsom Derby (in England) by ten lengths on June 3, 1981 - the same year he was named "European Horse of th...

The misery of people forced to build, and defend, Chinas Great Wall produced at least one major benefit.

Ancient chronicles say that Chinas First Emperor swallowed up kingdoms the way a silkworm devours a mulberry leaf.

NOTE: THIS VIDEO CLIP PROVIDES CLOSE-UP VIEWS OF SISTINE-CHAPEL FRESCOES.

One of the most famous crystal skulls in the world, the Skull of Doom (also known as the Mitchell-Hedges skull) remains a mystery.

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