The Wave and the Mountain
The framed photograph of my mother, happy and dressed for my brother’s wedding, sits on a Korean chest in my …
The framed photograph of my mother, happy and dressed for my brother’s wedding, sits on a Korean chest in my …
On view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the moment is an exhibition entitled “Seurat’s Circus Sideshow,” a collection …
It is possible, in a single week, to see both the sublime and the ridiculous in almost anything. Exhibit #1: …
A recent visit to Asia brought into sharp focus the differences that can exist between two places with shared history, …
Fans of the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts on Saturday afternoons, and especially the opera quiz, will remember the playwright Terrence …
The great house Chatsworth, in Derbyshire, U.K., is the ancestral country home of the Cavendish family – the Dukes of …
What is a talisman? One thinks of rattles, fierce masks, human hair – something meant to ward off evil or …
Singing polyphonic music without accompaniment – music of the Renaissance – is as pure and delightful an experience as can …
How do you know the real thing when you encounter it? We are now, all of us, so steeped in …
Abstract. Decorative. Illustrative. Evocative. Narrative. Story. Full-length. 19th Century. 20th Century. Modern. Traditional. There are a number of words that …