History can be approached along a variety of paths, for example, one speaks of political history, social history, economic history, etc. This web site takes a cultural path. We select the Heibrunn Timeline of New York. Of Art as a tool for exploration, as. It enables users to explore the art and history of any region, say, China, in the context of the world. For instance, while looking at China in the Tang dynasty one can navigate to Europe to see what was happening there in that same period.