July/August 2007

Photo caption

Man With Hat by Fernand Léger, 1920.

The Baltimore Museum of Art, Gift of Cary Ross

July/August 2007

Volume 28, Issue 4

HUMANITIES: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities

Composed during World War II, Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait reflects the mood of the times during which it is performed.

Frolicking on the Cote D’Azur, Sara and Gerald Murphy inspire artists of the avant-garde.

A charismatic editor lures great writers of the early twentieth century to the pages of his controversial weekly.

An epic film documents the experiences of the citizen soldier and his community.

Before Pearl Harbor, Chinese Americans bring the issue of Japanese aggression to the nation’s consciousness.

A new exhibition traces the intersecting lives of the Civil War rivals.

Author Michael Barone talks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about the roots of the American political system.

Enriching public discourse in Massachusetts.