Author: James Polchin

James Polchin teaches writing at NYU and is the founder and editor of the site Writing in Public.
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11/25/2013

In the Buff

The naked woman in art isn’t unusual, but we have trouble viewing the male body as a sexual, or artistic, object.

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11/03/2013

Culture Shock

It’s tough to define art, especially because every culture has a different definition. Maybe you just know it when you see it.

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10/08/2013

A Way of Looking

Julia Margaret Cameron challenged the arbitrary aesthetic boundaries for photography in the 19th century. In doing so, she’s made us ask: What is the true definition of “focus?”

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07/17/2013

Social Scenes

L.S. Lowry’s work may depict the smoggy Industrial Era, but it makes us nostalgic for a disappearing class.

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