Search Results: Family

The ancient Near East was home to a multitude of civilizations, across Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Levant, each with unique views on medicine, conception, and women’s role in society. Attitudes towards contraception and abortion varied according...

Family in ancient Mesopotamia was considered the essential unit that provided social stability in the present, maintained traditions of the past, and ensured the continuance of those traditions, customs, and stability for the future. The...

A c. 1858-60 oil on canvas painting, The Bellelli Family, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. Laura Belleli was the artist's aunt and the family lived in Florence which Degas visited in 1858. The painting is perhaps...

Sioux: Black Rock with family, painting by George Catlin, 1854. Ethnological Museum, Berlin.

Whether there was a king, a consul, or an emperor that stood supreme over Rome and its territories, the one constant throughout Roman history was the family. Like many earlier societies, the family was the fundamental social unit in the eternal...

Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794) was an American politician from Virginia, who played a significant role in the American Revolution (1765-1789), particularly in the push for independence. A member of the prominent Lee family of Virginia, he...

In this collection of resources, we look at ancient societies and examine who was at the top of the social ladder, who were the climbers and who were at the very bottom. In places like ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome men largely dominated...

This is the only preserved ancient painting of the imperial family of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus. Here, we can see his wife Julia Domna and his sons, Caracalla and Geta, in full regalia. After the murder of Geta on the behalf of...

An 1896 oil on canvas, The Artist's Family, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. Aline Charigot, Renoir's wife, is arm in arm with their eldest son Pierre and their second son, Jean, is being held by the...

A painting by Taras Shevchenko. The artist created this work during his first trip to Ukraine. In this painting he portrayed a family scene near the house: a young couple is happy observing the first steps of their child. Oil on canvas...