Start Here: The True, The Good, The Beautiful
Simon Critchley reveals what Greek tragedy has to teach us today. The lasting legacy of Daniel Chester French, the creator of the Abraham Lincoln sculpture in our nation’s capital, is the subject of Harold Holzer’s lecture. Emmet Gowin’s photographs of the nuclear test sites in Nevada depict the mesmerizing aesthetics of destruction, while Daniel Parolek shows how architecture can revive the American Dream. John Corbett and Vivien Goldman return us to the complex world of 1970s music.
Daniel Parolek: Thinking Big, Building Small
Header Image: Raphael, The School of Athens (1509/11)
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