The works serves as a meditation on the relationships between imagination, history, and the occult.

Both works serve as departure points for reflections on Michelangelo's response to the human body.

His works have served as an important source of biographical and historical detail by later historians.

Admittedly, some works of art in the past have indeed served as calls to arms.

These works remain his most commercially successful and served as the basis for a short-lived educational television program.

These works, while often described by critics in glowing terms, would not serve well as the background to other scenarios.

However, in some cases the works themselves serve as an important plot device.

Barragán was a major figure in Mexican culture, whose works have served to influence architects to the present day.

Spaulding's works have served an important purpose in juvenile education.

A few historical works serve to underscore the shift in tone.