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Preamble

Lady in a Veil

By Lewis H. Lapham

Despite being told that art is somehow sacred, it’s better to take a naive delight in the thing itself.

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Essay

Beauty Is Shoe

By Wendy Steiner

Is the model a subject, or is the subject a model?

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Essay

The Sacred Word

By Sabiha Al Khemir

By beautifying the word of God, the medium and the message became interconnected.

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Essay

In the Gloom the Gold

By Jamie James

Consider the legacy of Ezra Pound—no poet has ever been so influential, so controversial, and so little read.

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