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Wyeth’s Noble Savage

An excerpt from Picturing America describes how an artist interpreted Cooper's prose.

humanities, September/October, 2007, Volume 28, Issue 5

“High Thinking and Low Living”

How a mansion-turned-boardinghouse in Old Lyme, Connecticut, became the place to be for American Impressionists.

By Laura Wolff Scanlan

humanities, September/October, 2007, Volume 28, Issue 5

The Passing City

Artist John Sloan documented the sidewalk theater of a changing New York.

By Susan Saccoccia

humanities, September/October, 2007, Volume 28, Issue 5

Planned Paradise: Making the Florida Dream

A postwar boom transforms Florida from backwater to dream state.

By Dan Scheuerman

humanities, September/October, 2007, Volume 28, Issue 5
WWII soldiers

War Stories: The American People in World War II

An epic film documents the experiences of the citizen soldier and his community.

By Maggie Riechers

humanities, July/August, 2007, Volume 28, Issue 4

Parades, Pickets, and Protests

Before Pearl Harbor, Chinese Americans bring the issue of Japanese agression to the nation's consciousness.

By K. Scott Wong

humanities, July/August, 2007, Volume 28, Issue 4

The Sound of Freedom

Composed during World War II, Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait reflects the mood of the times during which it is performed.

By Elizabeth B. Crist

humanities, July/August, 2007, Volume 28, Issue 4

Common Bonds: The Duty and Honor of Lee and Grant

A new exhibition traces the intersecting lives of the Civil War rivals.

By Louisa Woodville

humanities, July/August, 2007, Volume 28, Issue 4

Life as Art

Frolicking on the Cote D'Azur, Sara and Gerarld Murphy inspire artists of the avant-garde.

By Susan Saccoccia

humanities, July/August, 2007, Volume 28, Issue 4

Chronicle of a New Age

A charismatic editor lures great writers of the early twentieth century to the pages of his controversial weekly.

By Esther Ferington

humanities, July/August, 2007, Volume 28, Issue 4