Things Noted Here & There

Paul Levy,"Beautiful Ashmolean Exhibition Offers Glimpse of 'Old Europe'," WSJ, 21 May, and Neal Ascherson,"At the Ashmolean," LRB, 5 August, review"The Lost World of Old Europe: The Danube Valley 5,000-3,500 B.C.," an exhibit at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

Elizabeth Royte,"Up From Darkness," NYT, 30 July, reviews Jane Brox's Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light.

Roya Nikkhah and Richard Dorment for the Telegraph, 13 & 28 June, Arifa Akbar for the Independent, 22 July, and Ben East,"Genuine Fakes," The National, 1 August, review"Close Examination: Fakes, Mistakes, and Discoveries," an exhibit at London's National Gallery.

Michael Fitzgerald,"How Puritans became capitalists," Boston Globe, 1 August, interviews Mark Valeri, the author of Heavenly Merchandize: How Religion Shaped Commerce in Puritan America.

Blake Gopnik,"At National Gallery, Edvard Munch's 'Prints' reveal artist's methodical process," Washington Post, 1 August, reviews"Edvard Munch: Master Prints," an exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Jill Lepore,"Chan, the Man," New Yorker, 9 August, reviews Yunte Huang's Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and his Rendezvous with American History.