Tag Archives: Art

Elizabeth and Company

Posted on October 11, 1992 by Steve Weiss

A discussion of gender, political power, and public artistry in Renaissance England. 628 – Elizabeth and Company

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Social Artists

Posted on May 10, 1992 by Steve Weiss

Doug Marlette talks about his latest book, a collection of cartoons and commentary entitled In Your Face (Houghton Mifflin). Ross Spears talks about his latest film, a commemoration of the pioneering documentary, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. 606 – … Continue reading →

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The Civil Society Part 1

Posted on March 8, 1992 by Steve Weiss

A discussion of the idea of a civil society — the web of social, political, educational, religious, and artistic voluntarism that exists between the individual and the state — which was the topic of a recent international conference at the … Continue reading →

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Artistic Visions

Posted on January 19, 1992 by Steve Weiss

Mary Cross discusses her recent book, Egypt. Molly Faries discusses modern technology and the recovery of European Renaissance art. 590 – Artistic Visions

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Crosscurrents

Posted on January 14, 1990 by Steve Weiss

In two conversations about creative crosscurrents between Europe and the United States, Rita Dove discusses Durer’s Beauty, her sequence of poems about the German artist Albrecht Durer, and Robert ter Horst discusses the American historian Henry Adams and the Bloomsbury … Continue reading →

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Native Artistry

Posted on June 18, 1989 by Steve Weiss

Dell Hymes discusses meaning and artistry in the oral tradition of American Indian literature. Andrew Vlady talks about aesthetics and politics in contemporary Mexican art. 455 – Native Artistry

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The Atomic Sculptor

Posted on March 26, 1989 by Steve Weiss

James L. Acord, Jr. aims to practice his art and to serve humankind by depositing nuclear waste within a series of sculptures that function as artistic repositories stretching across the Aleutian islands and through Siberia, eventually extending around the world. … Continue reading →

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