Art history and art education are important parts of any educational or self-educational curriculum. Through paintings like “Town Clerk” or poems that describe life in wartime, like “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” we can go back in time and see what life was like in the past. In this way, we can gain a deeper understanding of our history by putting ourselves in the shoes of the people who lived during that time and learn how they lived their lives on a daily basis – good or bad.