Recognizing Art

Posted on January 22, 2015
Image: The Battle of the Pictures (1745) by William Hogarth (British, London 1697–1764 London), Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

When El Greco heard the insultingly low valuation for his work, he launched a long and bitter court battle that quietly changed the perception of artists and art in Spain.

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Back to the City! Back to the Country!

Posted on January 14, 2015
Image: Las Vegas suburbs at sunset; Wikimedia Commons.

One of the most salient features of the post–World War II suburb was its localization of the American middle class and its propagation of practices of mass consumption.

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