(German, 1871-1956) Feininger's highly personal style was influenced by Delaunay and Cubism. He was an American artist whose paintings and teaching activities at the Bauhaus brought a new compositional discipline and lyrical use of colour into the...
"Compiled from Tanner's Map of U. States from survey's of public lands and Indian boundaries from personal reconnoissance, and from original information derived from explorers and traders."
"The Art Exhibition of the Nineteenth Annual Festival of Fine Arts at the State University of Iowa introduces paintings, prints, sculpture, crafts and design representing recent work of former students who hold one or more degrees from the State...
A native of Iowa and resident of Davenport, John Vincent Bloom (1906-2002) drew inspiration from his immediate surroundings and personal experiences. Bloom's singular interest in depicting local, American subject matter reflects his life-long...
A native of Iowa and resident of Davenport, John Vincent Bloom (1906-2002) drew inspiration from his immediate surroundings and personal experiences. Bloom's singular interest in depicting local, American subject matter reflects his life-long...
A native of Iowa and resident of Davenport, John Vincent Bloom (1906-2002) drew inspiration from his immediate surroundings and personal experiences. Bloom's singular interest in depicting local, American subject matter reflects his life-long...
A series of still shots of Juraté Sucylaité's books of poetry and personal photographs, which documents the author's development as a poet and reflects the political turmoil of Lithuania in the 20th century.
Adam Hochschild discusses how to write the first-person narrative without sounding self-centered. As examples of how to effectively write using the first person narrative, Hochschild reads passages from Homage to Catalonia, written by George Orwell...
Aggressiveness and a need for high achievement are characteristic of the Ibo. Success and self-reliance of Ibo men is believed to lie in the strength of their right arms. Every Ibo male may own a personal shrine called ikenga (³place of...
Agnieszka Kolakowski marks the differences and similarities between the work of the translator and explores the relationship between form and content in original writing and translation. Erendiz Atasü relates her personal experiences of...
Alice Kessler-Harris reads from A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman. A Difficult Woman tells the story of Lillian Hellman, a giant of twentieth-century letters and a groundbreaking figure as one of the most...
Angélica Gorodischer explains the details of her personal life that relate to her career as a writer. As a young child, she learned to read before she learned to talk. She describes her 30-year marriage and notes that she has published 11...
April Katz is an associate professor who teaches printmaking at Iowa State University. She is currently serving as president of the Southern Graphics Council, the largest printmaking organization in the world. Katz exhibits her work extensively in...