Andy Warhol was an American artist known for incorporating pop culture in his work. Some of his most famous pieces are colorful portraits of celebrities and cultural icons. He used contrasting, and sometimes unrealistic colors to create these pieces. The portrait of Marylin Monroe is one of Warhol
Miniature of Attila meeting Pope Leo the Great. 1360.
The Manhattan Project was the Allied effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II. Led by Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project developed research facilities across the United States. The Manhattan Project was successful and made the atomic bombs used at H
The Romans commonly made stone busts of important people.Roman art gallery, Vatican Museums image by Eishier from Fotolia.comStone carving is an art that dates back thousands of years. Stone carvings can be found in the art of the Ancient Egyptians, the Mayans, the Greeks---most cultures...
After shooting President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth fled Washington, DC. Heading south, Booth and his accomplice David Herold moved through several safe houses before crossing the Potomac River into Virginia. Pursued by Union forces, Booth was finally cornered and killed at
Hermopolis was an important city in ancient Egypt.
Giorgio Vasari, an art historian contemporary with the Italian Renaissance, suggests that the Mona Lisa is a portrait of Mona Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a Florentine businessman.
The Populists in Russian history.
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The Statue of Liberty, a gift from France to the United States, rose above New York harbor in 1886 and became a welcoming symbol to immigrants arriving from around the world. The location of the statue, Bedloe's Island, is in the middle of New York harbor.
Eutropius was a fourth century Roman historian who wrote about Roman Britain.
Photo gallery of Chinese Opera pictures, including Beijing and Sichuan Opera
On January 25, 1915, Alexander Graham Bell made the very first transcontinental telephone call when he called from New York to San Francisco.
Learn about many of the major acts of terrorism that have occurred in America's past.
Biblical scholars have put forth new theories on the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls, considered by many to be the greatest archaeological find of the 20th century. Theories range from their creation by a community of ascetic Jews to their preservation by various groups during nearly three centuries
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The Latin of Ovid's Amores 2.13.
Samurai body armor in the National Museum in Tokyo, Japan
