Tag Jackie Kennedy

February 3, 2017
in American History, Medieval & Renaissance History

Women and (Soft) Power: Jackie Kennedy and Blanche of Castile

February 3, 2017
in American History, Medieval & Renaissance History

Lindy Grant— Last night I went to see the new film Jackie, in which Natalie Portman gives a searing portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy in the immediate aftermath of her husband’s death. It made me think of the similarities and differences between Jackie Kennedy and Blanche of Castile, the queen of France who lived

November 25, 2013
in Humanities

Jackie Kennedy: Warhol’s and Richter’s Painted Spy

November 25, 2013
in Humanities

Follow @yaleARTbooks John J. Curley— With his assassination fifty years ago, President Kennedy became the Cold War’s most famous victim. Befitting the conflict’s secret ruses and double agents, the assassination was, from the start, rife with proliferating conspiracy theories. It is in this context of interpretative fancy that we must