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Classics

A selection of old favorites.
Pablo Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907

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Why Paris?

Two neighborhoods—Montmartre and Montparnasse—helped shape Picasso and a generation of innovators.

By James Panero

humanities, November/December, 2010, Volume 31, Issue 6
“The Political Quadrille, Music by Dred Scott", 1860

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The Man Who Came in Second

In 1860, John C. Breckinridge ran for president against Lincoln, and broke the Democrats in two.

By Meredith Hindley

humanities, November/December, 2011, Volume 31, Issue 6
Barry Faulkner’s 1936 rendition of the Constitutional Convention

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The First Dissenters

George Mason swore he would rather "chop off his right hand" than sign the Constitution.

By Pauline Maier

humanities, November/December, 2010, Volume 31, Issue 6
Moliere dining with Louis XIV

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Burying Molière

How the French Revolution reappropriated the favored playwright of Louis XIV.

By Steve Moyer

humanities, May/June, 2010, Volume 31, Issue 3
Image of Dolley Madison.

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The Politics of Love

Dolley Madison gained influence through kindness.

By Catherine Allgor

humanities, January/February, 2010, Volume 31, Issue 1
Image of Lincoln at McClellan's camp

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Lincoln the Great

Though He Didn’t Look That Way at the Time.

By Wilfred W. McClay

humanities, January/February, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 1

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Darwin the Young Adventurer

The budding naturalist avoids life as a minister and finds himself aboard the Beagle.

By Janet Browne

humanities, May/June, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 3
Samuel Johnson's 1755 Dictionary

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What Samuel Johnson Really Did

He made dictionaries matter.

By Michael Adams

humanities, September/October, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 5
Image of Wallace Stegner

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Proud Flesh

A recollection of Wallace Stegner.

By Kenneth Fields

humanities, July/August, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 4