American Art

John Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and critic, delivered the 37th Annual Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, “The Cl… read more

John Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and critic, delivered the 37th Annual Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, “The Clarity of Things: What Is American about American Art?” in the Warner Theatre. Mr. Updike showed slides of art works as he talked about how they related to American history and the character of the American people. He also gave background information about the artists, their realtionship to other artists and their time period, and cited other critics. He talked about how American art and the history and ideas they communicate about our founding and other important periods in our nation is vital to American citizens.

This presentation included the works in the National Endowment for the Humanities' Picturing America initiative to provide American art to schools and public libraries. close

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Program ID:
199132-1
Category:
Public Affairs Event
Format:
Speech
Location:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:
Jun 14, 2008 | 8:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:
Jul 04, 2008 | 1:54pm EDT | C-SPAN 1

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  • Jun 14, 2008 | 8:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Jun 14, 2008 | 11:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Jul 04, 2008 | 1:54pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
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