This series explores the link between art and universal themes. It investigates how a wide variety of artists through history have viewed and interpreted the same significant situations and themes. These ideas may be personal, social or historic but each provides an interesting insight into the artist's world, and offer us another angle on history. Structuring each book ar This series explores the link between art and universal themes. It investigates how a wide variety of artists through history have viewed and interpreted the same significant situations and themes. These ideas may be personal, social or historic but each provides an interesting insight into the artist's world, and offer us another angle on history. Structuring each book around a theme enables the books to explore and compare the characteristics of artworks in various eras and cultures. The artwork examined is from a range of cultures, from different periods in history, and includes a variety of media.