1. Primitivism
H. G. Wells ( ), The Time Machine (1895): Eloi vs. Morlocks
Joseph Conrad ( ), Heart of Darkness (1899)
W. E. B. DuBois ( ), The Souls of Black Folk (1903)
Paul Cézanne ( )
Paul Gauguin ( )
Henri Matisse ( )
Pablo Picasso ( )
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner ( )
Wassily Kandinsky ( )
Igor Stravinsky ( )
Sergei Diaghilev ( ), founder of the Ballets Russes
Vaslav Nijinsky ( ), Russian dancer
Loie Fuller ( ), American dancer
Isadora Duncan ( ), American dancer
Langston Hughes ( )
T. S. Eliot ( )
Igor Stravinsky, “Le Jeu du Rapt” (“Ritual of Abduction”) from “The Rite of Spring” (1913),
Performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting

2. Still from “The Time Machine” (2001), dir
Still from “The Time Machine” (2001), dir. Simon Wells (great-grandson of H. G.)

3. Inscription from H. G. Wells to Joseph Conrad, in gift copy of
Tales of Space and Time (1900)
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

4. W. E. B. DuBois
( )

5. The Congo Free State in 1890

6. Grebo Mask (19th Century, Ivory Coast or Liberia)

7. Paul Gauguin, Parau Parau (Whispered Words, 1892)
Yale University Art Gallery

8. Paul Gauguin, The Vision after the Sermon (1888)

9. Henri Matisse, “Le Bonheur de vivre” (“The Joy of Life,” 1905-06)

10. Pablo Picasso, “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” (1907)

11. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, “Bathers at Moritzburg” (1909)

12. Wassily Kandinsky, “Angel of the Last Judgment” (1911)

13. Loie Fuller ( )
Isadora Duncan ( )

14. Danse Africaine
The low beating of the tom-toms,
The slow beating of the tom-toms,
Low…slow
Slow…low—
Stirs your blood.
Dance!
Langston Hughes ( )

15. T. S. Eliot ( )

16. Marlon Brando as Col. Kurtz in “Apocalypse Now” (1979), dir
Marlon Brando as Col. Kurtz in “Apocalypse Now” (1979), dir. Francis Ford Coppola

17. Conrad’s Certificate of Competency as Master in the Merchant Service
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

18. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) 1882 1904 1918 Bust by Jacob Epstein
All photos courtesy of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library