Arts & Entertainment
The history of art and entertainment tells the complex story of human civilization through visual art, design, literature, music, film and television. It ranges from cave drawings of the Neolithic period to Renaissance masterpieces to rock 'n' roll and video games.
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These visual artists helped modernize and reclaim African American portrayals through groundbreaking painting, sculpture and photography.
When Afro-Cuban mambo met big band jazz, musical sparks flew.
Actors of East Asian descent often faced limited and typecast roles in Old Hollywood, but they paved the way for future generations.
As clothing became cheaper and faster to make amid the Industrial Revolution, new, sometimes outrageous fashion designs became chic.
Why Is Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Significant?
Why Is Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' Significant?
Take a journey through the history of science fiction and examine the cultural influences—such as the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race—that shaped Stanley Kubrick's visionary 1968 film, *2001: A Space Odyssey*.
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Three of the oldest public libraries in America began in a single state.
Romance and royalty are at the heart of this roughly 1,000-year-old psychological saga.
Discovered on an ancient Syrian clay tablet, 'Hurrian Hymn No. 6' is a 3,400-year-old fertility hymn and the oldest known song with surviving musical notation.
Keep your hands inside the vehicle as we steer you through the rickety ups and terrifying downhill drops of this classic thrill ride.
Starting in the 1980s, an eclectic mix of urban outcasts built a radical social experiment free from consumerism.
See the actor’s six-decade journey from stage to screen.
Dolly Parton built a legendary music career. Her legacy extends far beyond it.
These 'Looney Tunes' lines became part of the cultural vocabulary.
Before the mid-19th century, bowling used nine pins, not 10.
In 1911, a former Louvre employee perpetrated one of the greatest art heists in history.
Every generation has its quintessential summer symbol.
Miles Franklin's 'My Brilliant Career' showed a young woman’s fight for independence—and Australia's profound social and political changes.
These albums are some of the most widely owned records ever pressed.
James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo embodied youthful defiance on screen—and left behind some of Hollywood’s most tragic legacies.
Harry Belafonte helped turn calypso music into a brief American obsession.
