“Though he got most of the facts wrong, it appears that in seeking to create the Mount Rushmore Memorial, Borglum was inspired by a story about Alexander the Great which appears in the…

“No matter how many generations have lived upon this soil, no matter how profound their contribution to its culture, they remain at the margins, Orientalized, treated as other, or effaced altogether. The ruling…

“When we turn our gaze skyward, to the constellations and planets that have guided human wonder for millennia, we encounter names that carry stories far beyond the shimmer of their surfaces. Naming is…

“Although the image contains a multitude of sub-scenes, including angels, shepherds, midwives, The Magi, and Joseph, the eye invariably returns to the serene yet enigmatic figure of The Panagia. Her centrality is not…