The complete online text of The Art of the Moving Picture by Vachel Lindsay.

Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), American "folk" poet, is best known for his poems about Johnny Appleseed and for "The Congo," which uses syncopated jazz rhythms. Vachel Lindsay was born in Springfield, Ill. He studied at Hiram College in Ohio, the Art Instit...

Vachel Lindsay's considerable loss of reputation in American letters is a continuing theme in critical evaluations published during the 1970s and 1980s. Ironically, the theme is illustrated, in part, not only by the meager number of articles written abou...

Vachel Lindsay's considerable loss of reputation in American letters is a continuing theme in critical evaluations published during the 1970s and 1980s. Ironically, the theme is illustrated, in part, not only by the meager number of articles written abou...

There are painters, writers and composers who have had long, tranquil and productive lives. So it seems. Pierre Bonnard painted his wife, the meal table and the garden for decades, without deviation or dismay. He may have felt some private despair, agonising over colours...

Look closely at the labels and you'll find perhaps the most telling thing about "Moving Pictures: American Art and Early Film," an exhibition at the Phillips Collection pairing art from the late 19th and early 20th centuries with roughly contemporaneous film clips. Check...