Articles with keyword "Art"
Curio
Third Time's the Charm
When Charles Willson Peale painted former enslaved African American and Georgetown resident Yarrow Mamout in 1819, he was interested in his storied longevity.
Conversation
Unlimited Partnership
Chairman Bruce Cole talks with Thomas Saunders, Wall Street titan-turned-philanthropist, and his irrepressible wife, Jordan.
Feature
British Modernism’s Many Manners
The Bloomsbury group broke ties with Victorian ideals and reimagined British art.
Curio
Brass Hip Ornament
Within the culture of the Benin Empire, which thrived from the fifteenth through the nineteenth century in what is now southern Nigeria, only the oba, or sacred monarch, had the authority to
In Focus
Vermont's Peter Gilbert
Peter Gilbert recruits top scholars to Vermont's monthly gatherings.
Conversation
The Gentleman from Iowa
NEH Chairman Jim Leach takes us from his high-school wrestling days through the stages of his political career to his thoughts on the challenges facing humanity--and the humanities--in the twenty-first century.
Feature
Worshipped, Plundered, and Digitized
It’s easy enough to wander through the Asian art wing of a large museum and skim over the fine print.