Heart of Lightness

The late Chinua Achebe leveled some serious criticisms at Joseph Conrad — but perhaps, the two authors are simply opposites.

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Art at the Altar

Piero della Francesca, painter and mathematician, used every trick he had to move his viewers, both literally and figuratively.

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Transcending Matter

The Ashcan painters may have “lost” most battles during their time, but we should remember them by their goal: to paint the force of life.

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Outside the Lines

The Abstract painters blurred the boundary between science and spiritual, and aimed to portray the essence of reality through color.

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