2007



Fall 2007

Essays

James F. Cooper
Contemporary Realism

Gail Leggio
Singing Shapes

Theodore Prescott
Big Aesthetic River

Frederick Turner
The Spiritual Landscapes of David Andrew

Stephen May
Vincent Desiderio, Painting with his Head and Heart

Karen L. Mulder
The Aesthetic of Appliances

Book Review

Reviews by Gail Leggio
American Paintings to 1945
Edited by Margaret C. Conrads
and
Classical Drawing Atelier:
A Contemporary Guide To
Traditional Studio Practice

by Juliette Aristedes

Exhibitions

Richard Hambleton
Steven Assael
Landscapes, East and West

Poetry

Rachel Hadas
Recognition



Summer 2007

Essays

James F. Cooper
Grand Themes Need Great Art

Gail Leggio
In the Light of the Past:
The Met’s New Classical Galleries

Frederick Turner
The Singing School of the Humanities

Alison Armstrong
Visual Literacy

Brian H. Peterson
The Wise Silence of Daniel Garber

Nathan Glazer
PlaNYC
Projecting Civic Space in a New Century

Raoul Middleman
Thoughts on the Late Religious
Portraits of Rembrandt

Book Review

Review by Gail Leggio
Sanctuary Cinema: Origins of
the Christian Film Industry
by Terry Lindvall

Exhibitions

Bo Bartlett
Kathi Coyle
Sandra Dawson
Redefining Landscape
Derrick Guild
Katherine Doyle



Spring 2007

Essays

James F. Cooper
Is Thomas Eakins a Great Artist?

Gail Leggio
In Nature’s Presence:
Asher B. Durand and American Landscape

Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
On the Art of Devotion and the Devotion of Art:
Icons, Diptychs and Religious Intimacies

Book Review

Review by Karen L. Mulder
In Jefferson’s Shadow:
The Architecture of Thomas R. Blackburn

by Brian Clark Green

Reviews by Stephen May
Artists’ Self-portraits
by Omar Calabrese
and
David Finley: Quiet Voice for America’s Arts
by David A. Doheny

Exhibitions

Athens-Sparta
Claude Lorrain
Singer Collection
Chase and Henri
James Mullen
Maureen Mullarkey
Lani Irwin and Alan Feltus
Daniel Graves



Winter 2007

Essays

James F. Cooper
The Judgement of Paris

Gail Leggio
Reviving Iconography:
Cristina Vergano and
Irene Hardwicke Olivieri

Frederick Turner
Lyric Poetry and the Self

John Miles Foley
New Audiences for Oral Traditions

Louis Markos
In the Mind of a Madman:
How Film Noir Got Its Look

Samir Younés
The Value of Monuments

Book Review

Reviews by Gail Leggio
The Art of the Book: Manuscripts and Early Printing,
1000-1650
and
The Art of the Book: Illustration and Design,
1650 to the Present
by Joan Stack.

Exhibitions

Domenico Tiepolo
John Constable
Gustave Courbet
Hudson River School
Stephen Magsig
Meredith Bergmann
David Ligare