An overly literal triptych, "Vigil For A Horseman," features three handsome men laid out — in three different art-historical poses — on a candy-striped divan, calling to mind a riot of similar loungers: the Rokeby Venus, the picnickers of "Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe," Adam meeting the finger of God, a Modigliani nude.
The same formula he used in those paintings he uses again in "An Economy of Grace" -- photo-realist portraiture of models in classical, art-historical poses, set against decorative and colorful backdrops.
Here, as elsewhere, the historical record poses the paradox that homologous ideas can be culturally transmitted via analogous structures.
In 1950, historical fiction posing as fact accomplished the effect Hersey sought.
Changes in modern city architecture and renovation of historical buildings pose conservation related threats to urban predators and prey.
In a communiqué to Party members a month after his ascension, the leadership warned that "historical nihilism" posed a threat to the Party's very existence.
At the trial's opening they justified their reign of terror in the context of the historical threat posed by Vietnam, and denied the charges outright.
More than anything else, "Henry V" is a historical epic, posing questions of faith and morals and exploring the subject of leadership.
Some modern scholars for example, the British theologian John Hick viewing the chaos of languages dealing with the essentials of the faith and the complex of historical arguments, pose the understanding of the essence in the future.
To her knowledge only the third novel ever to tackle the genocide of "Year Zero", it carried a heavy burden of historical conscience, posing a question that has become central to her literary project: "If a person erases him or herself in order to survive, how can they find that self again?
Günhan Börekçi, an Ottoman historian who is one of the consultants for "Magnificent Century," told me that the greatest challenge to historical accuracy was posed by the restrictions upon the characters' having contact with one another.
