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The Moment in Rembrandt’s Night Watch
(2022)Rembrandt van Rijn’s famous Night Watch is a complex painting and operates on many different levels. This article stresses both the narrative and the moral qualities of the painting, and looks at the interplay between art and philosophy, with a focus on the moment represented and how an incident plays out in a broadly ethical sense across the picture. ... -
Complicating Medieval Anti-Semitism: The Role of Class in Two Tales of Christian Violence against Jews
(2016)Miri Rubin justly concluded that “most remaining traces” of medieval atrocities against Jews “represent the position of Christian authorities—chroniclers, preachers, town officials—who were almost always writing in defence or celebration of the events.” The exceptions to this rule, however, are illuminating. This article explores images produced for ... -
Alfred Stieglitz and New York Dada
(1997)