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¶Jan Muller, 34, German-born painter who came to the U.S. in 1941, is another Hans Hofmann pupil who still sticks by his abstract teacher's general principles but feels, "Abstract art is too esoteric. The image gives one a wider sense of communication." Now hitting his stride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Younger Generation | 3/11/1957 | See Source »

Several years ago the New York Times Published a somewhat whimsical article predicting the demise of legitimate theatre outside of a few large Broadway houses. The situation has completely changed since then, and the ads of new and original theatre groups bid for one's attention in the Sunday Times...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: Off-Broadway | 3/1/1957 | See Source »

Christian Wolff's music is not easily accessible either. It is a decidedly esoteric product of the John Cage cult, although probably better than anything Cage has done. Mr. Wolff played four pieces for piano and one for prepared piano. The technique is pointillist; tones are widely dispersed over the...

Author: By Bert Baldwin, | Title: Composers' Lab Concert | 12/5/1956 | See Source »

This huge historical novel gives the impression of having been written by two different authors-one whose job it was to put plenty of sex on every other page; the other a Francophile intent on cramming in as much esoteric knowledge as possible about Napoleon, Egypt, archaeology, physics, intrigue and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Napoleonic Tour | 12/3/1956 | See Source »

Himself a former criminal lawyer, Leibowitz declared "there is no more soul-satisfying branch of the law than criminal law." He scored law faculties for encouraging "students to make esoteric dissertations on human liberty" yet still discouraging them from entering the criminal practice.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leibowitz Enjoins Law Schools To Encourage Criminal Practice | 11/3/1956 | See Source »

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