Friday's Notes
Holland Cotter,"Treasures at a Korean Crossroad," NYT, 19 March, reviews"Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400-1600," an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum in Manhattan.
Over 40 years after its original publication, the Post's Jonathan Yardley takes another look at Barbara Tuchman's The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914.
Until 30 April, you can browse and view Alexander Street's American History in Video, its collection of History Channel programs, newsreels from the early twentieth century, and other visual sources without charge.
Peter Campbell,"At the National Gallery," LRB, 26 March, reviews"Picasso: Challenging the Past," an exhibit at London's National Gallery.
On Wednesday evening, Mark Grimsley, who is visiting at the Army War College, gave his guest lecture on"Why the Civil Rights Movement was an Insurgency, and Why it Matters." We can hope to hear more from Mark about his subject.
Michael Kazin,"A Short History of American Rage," Daily Beast, 17 March, tracks populist outrage in America and how President Obama can deal with it.