
Nothing More Wondrous
A recent comparative study of medieval Christian and Islamic culture suggests that marvels offer common ground; wonder is a shared delight, a shared motive.
February 23, 2023 issue
A ‘Magic Mirror’ of Venice
The first-ever exhibition outside Italy of the works of Vittore Carpaccio is a bracing introduction to the artist who best captured the imaginative grandeur and the ceremonial refinement of early-sixteenth-century Venice.
February 23, 2023 issue
Very Free and Indirect
The intensity of experience that Katherine Mansfield sought in her short life is matched by the formal obliqueness she discovered in her stories.
February 23, 2023 issue
Rape and Resistance in Egypt
A new book recounts the heroics of activists who organized to protect women from sexual violence during the Egyptian revolution and to assert their right to participate in the country’s political life.
February 23, 2023 issue
The Golden Age of Glossies
Women’s magazines were once a well-paying forum for inquiry into the interior life.
January 30, 2023
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