book saves ape?
Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm’s courtly fable about Yūhannā ibn Māsawayhi, his writing a book, and an ape in ninth-century Samarra. … Read the post book saves ape?
big ideas
look up and think big
God’s poetic effects according to Galen and Longinus
Galen and Longinus directed praise for created beauty while responding differently to the Genesis text of God creating. … Read the post God’s poetic effects according to Galen and Longinus
art empire: prolegomena to repressed sequels
A guard at the Hirshhorn Museum prevents viewers from photographing and videotaping Douglas Gordon’s “Bootleg (Empire).” … Read the post art empire: prolegomena to repressed sequels
unforgettable fabrics of memory
Esther Nisenthal Krinitz’s sublime fabrics of memory unforgettably remember in details life in a Polish village wiped out in the Holocaust. … Read the post unforgettable fabrics of memory
gibberish: how to open doors magically
Throughout history, mystification has helped to open doors and advance careers in fields of symbolic competition. … Read the post gibberish: how to open doors magically