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This is an experiment from some students in the University of Illinois. The students had different people from different professions (fine art teacher, art therapist, and social worker) and had them all independently make comments on some student's…

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This is the Mona Lisa. Well known to be painted by Leonardo DaVinci during the Italian Renaissance, where artists learned a great deal on how to make more realistic paintings.

Though the painting itself is important in art history, people…

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This scene shows soldiers from Brittany presenting their flag in gratitude to the Brothers in Nantes for hosting them before they head off to battle.

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The Brothers arrive in Pittsburgh, a town which was newly chartered in 1816 and only had a population of 7,248 according to the upcoming 1820 census.

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On November 30, 1817, they reach Louisville, a town of 4,012 people (13 years before the opening of the Louisville and Portland Canal and the establishment of the Louisville Daily Journal).

Their journey would still require another 278.6 miles…