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).

With information leaked to him from the Foreign Office, Winston confronts the Commons with "facts and figures" regarding the build-up of arms in Germa...

On the 26th of December, 1941, Winston Churchill became the first British Prime Minister to address a joint session of the American Congress.

This historical footage, from the 1930s, depicts what it was like to set-up a traveling circus.

Small towns, as well as large cities, welcomed the circus as animals and performers paraded through the streets.

Soon after the end of World War II, another conflict threatened to erupt in Europe.

After Alexander the Great died, his extensive empire was fought-over by three of his generals.

Tuberculosis - a disease caused by bacteria - has plagued human beings for millenia.

Cricket is the national sport of India.

What is the legend of the thirteen crystal skulls (featured in the fourth Indiana Jones film)?

In The Chronicles of Narnia, C.

Charles Darwin was 73 years old when he died on the 19th of April, 1882.

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