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Hemingway and Faulkner in twentieth century literature. Frank Lloyd Wright and I.M. Pei in architecture. The romanticism of Andrew Wyeth and the innovation of Andy Warhol. We’re proud to celebrate the accomplishments of Americans in the arts.
Architecture: Monticello
Thomas Jefferson loved the neoclassical look, witness the design of his other project in Charlottesville, the University of Virginia. He...
Read MoreThe Arts: Ernest Hemingway
He was a great writer, called the greatest writer since Shakespeare by John O’Hara. And he had a larger-than-life personality. You...
Read MoreArchitecture: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
I’ve listed this post under the heading of “Architecture”, but the Vietnam Veterans Memorial qualifies as a Great...
Read MoreArchitecture: Washington National Cathedral
When many of us hear the word “cathedral,” we associate it with the great structures of the Roman Catholic faith. The National...
Read MoreThe Arts: Pulitzer Prizes
It’s ironic that Joseph Pulitzer, a newspaper owner noted in his time for shaping the truth to fit his personal views, has become...
Read MoreThe Arts: Jasper Johns
Abstract expressionism dominated the American art scene in the early fifties, a style Jasper Johns never identified with. He went in...
Read MoreThe Arts: Michael Crichton
You probably know Michael Crichton as a best-selling author. But he also achieved great success as a screenwriter, film director, and...
Read MoreThe Arts: The Gift of the Magi
Though it takes a distant back seat to Dickens’ A Christmas Carol as our favorite Christmas literature, The Gift of the Magi has two...
Read MoreThe Arts: Andrew Wyeth
“The Painter of the People.” Some artists would recoil from that reputation, fearing it describes someone like Thomas Kincaid....
Read MoreThe Arts: New Yorker Cartoons
Sure, occasionally their New York focus is a little difficult for us in the hinterlands to appreciate. And yes, sometimes you think,...
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