Above all, Johannes Vermeer was a painter of light. In this exquisite painting, diffused light softly illuminates the tabletop, the woman’s face, and her rich lemon-yellow morning jacket.
Art for the Nation no. 66 (Fall 2022): 38, repro. 2025 Fucci, Robert.
Senior Fellow, June–August 2022 The National Mall in Washington, DC, as Imagined Nation
How do visual artists of the Harlem Renaissance explore black identity and political empowerment? How does visual art of the Harlem Renaissance relate to current-day events and issues? How do migration and displacement influence cultural production?
And ugly too.� —Langston Hughes, published in the Nation, 1925 Mainstream publications
€“1990) Frances O’Brien was a painter, critic, and teacher who wrote for The Nation
Woman Holding a Balance is a superb example of Johannes Vermeer’s exquisite sense of stability and rhythm. A woman dressed in a blue jacket with fur trim stands serenely at a table in a corner of a room.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 195.
Wilson, Columbia University Ailsa Mellon Bruce Senior Fellow Building Race and Nation
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he knew that Americans at this time viewed this place as the symbol of the new nation
GarcÃa Artist, American, born 1941 Liberation Supprt Movement Publisher United Nations
With the trumpet call, the archangel summons nations of the earth to judgment.
With the trumpet call, the archangel summons nations of the earth to judgment.
Avec sa trompette, l’archange appelle les nations de la terre à se présenter au
Avec sa trompette, l’archange appelle les nations de la terre à se présenter au
