Steven A. Cook, The Aeneid, The Sting, and more
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Arab uprisings; the original summer blockbuster; conmen and cardsharps; Russian espionage.
July 17, 2017
The Da Vinci Code
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We might be closer than ever to understanding what made the original Renaissance man such a genius.
Vol 3, No 4 / July 12, 2017
Grandest Opera
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From Giuseppe Verdi's darkest year came a work of sublime power: Nabucco.
Vol 3, No 3 / May 3, 2017
La Vie en Rose: Picasso and Au Lapin Agile
By David Norman
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Essential to the development of modern painting were the cheap, slightly seedy cabarets of Paris, where artists in a creative ferment met, drank, smoked tobacco and opium, loved, fought, lost, sang, and in some cases died.
Vol 3, No 1 / January 3, 2017
Inner Life: Diego Velázquez and Las Meninas
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A renowned art critic and historian delves into the mysteries of a master's late canvas.
Vol 2, No 5 / November 2, 2016
Connections
An Interview with William Powers
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We are living through an age of disruption driven by digital technology. MIT's William Powers games out what the future holds for us at every level.
Vol 2, No 4 / August 29, 2016
Written in Stone
An interview with Bob Brier
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Egypt’s obelisks have endured for centuries. Here's how one left the granite quarries of Aswan and ended up on Fifth Avenue.
Vol 2, No 4 / August 29, 2016
The Big Bang and the Kabbalah
An Interview with Howard Smith
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What do the physics of modern cosmology and esoteric Jewish thought have to say to each other? A lot more than you'd imagine.
Vol 2, No 3 / June 27, 2016
Immortal Bird
By Guy Jennings
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A noted art historian explains the mythic and modern urges behind the iconic sculpture.
Vol 2, No 3 / June 27, 2016
Russian Beauty: On Anna Karenina
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What makes Tolstoy's novel so powerful? A translator explains.
Vol 2, No 2 / April 28, 2016
