It makes sense that Robert Wilson comes from Texas. Sure, his theatrical productions are firmly grounded in the interdisciplinary avant-garde, but they also have much in common with that four-hour dustbowl epic of 1950s cinema, "Giant." His works are massive and rangy, ghost towns under a slow heat a

Dissonant, Enigmatic, Epic theater, Experimental theater, Grand, Monumental, Repetitive

16th century (renaissance) literature, Charming, Enigmatic, Joyful, Playful, Visceral, Voluminous

Oh, plagued no more with Human or Divine, To-morrow's tangle to itself resign, And lose your fingers in the tresses of The Cypress-slender Minister of Wine. The work of Omar al-Khayyam makes it pretty clear that Middle Eastern scholars were light-years ahead of their European counterparts durin

Enigmatic, Joyful, Loose, Mathematical, Medieval poetry, Pioneering, Smart

In 1610, when most girls her age were confined to embroidery and sewing, Artemisia Gentileschi was in her Roman studio producing an artistic back flip. "Susanna and the Elders" had, until Gentileschi stepped into the ring, been painted as a case of two repectable elderly gentlemen peeking at a sexual

Baroque art, Dense, Dramatic, Enigmatic, Intense, Pathos