Jacket Copy
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links.
Nov. 1, 2008
Entertainment & Arts
ThE recent death of Heath Ledger called attention to the fact that his final completed role, as the Joker in the upcoming Batman film, “The Dark Knight,” is a dark interpretation -- a far cry from the amused, ironic figure Jack Nicholson played in 1989.
April 20, 2008
THOUGH rich in symbols, paintings like Albert Moore’s “Yellow Marguerites” present female figures so self-absorbed that 19th century critics dismissed them: Why acclaim such amoral subjects when they teach us nothing uplifting?
April 6, 2008
Travel & Experiences
“Mark is at the heart of the matter.”
March 9, 2008
Books
CALL it a celestial case of trading up: The prophet Elijah, carried to heaven in a chariot, becomes the angel Sandalphon.
Oct. 28, 2007
Michelangelo studied the Kabbalah and Talmud?
May 11, 2008
OH, how an artist’s achievement is sometimes at the mercy of the wrong critic!
July 15, 2007
Lifestyle
Contemplating the angel in us all.
Charles AND MARY LAMB demonstrated in the early 19th century what J.K.
Jan. 13, 2008
WHAT’S another word for an ill-conceived anthology?
April 22, 2007