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Tag Archives: Art
Writing the Southwest
A discussion of contemporary Southeastern writers, their social themes, and their artistic importance. (Program uses sound clips from the radio series that complements Dunaway’s new book.)
Hard Boiled Lit
“Dashiell Hammett gave legions of readers memorable characters such as the Continental Op, the Thin Man, and Sam Spade. His most recent editor, literary scholar Steven Marcus [NHC Fellow 1980-82], of Columbia University, talks [...] about Hammett’s life, times, and artistry.” [Wayne Pond]
Shrouds andSecrets
The shroud of Turin is one of the enduring relics of Christianity. John Scott talks about his new study, an architectual account of this powerful artistic and religious artifact.
The Sixteen Pleasures
Robert Hellenga talks about his first novel, The Sixteen Pleasures, a tale of Renaissance erotica, modern love, family history, and artistic restoration which offers the reader a luxurious feast of pleasures – many, many more than sixteen according to writer Tillie Olsen.
Artists and Audiences
What do American movies of 40 years ago have in common with European painting between the years 1500 and 1700? Ronald Moore and Ivan Olson discuss arts education in America and present an overview of a recent conference on the arts and educational leadership. Larry Silver traces the links between them and discusses the rise of the modern cultural marketplace.
Elizabeth and Company
A discussion of gender, political power, and public artistry in Renaissance England.
Social Artists
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.
The Civil Society Part 1
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 National Humanities Center.
Artistic Visions
Mary Cross discusses her recent book, Egypt. Molly Faries discusses modern technology and the recovery of European Renaissance art.
Crosscurrents
In two conversations about creative crosscurrents between Europe and the United States, Rita Dove discusses D_rer’s Beauty,? her sequence of poems about the German artist Albrect D_rer, and Robert ter Horst discusses the American historian Henry Adams and the Bloomsbury Groups in England.
Native Artistry
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.
The Atomic Sculptor
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.