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...writings are two first-rate novels (Man's Fate, Man's Hope) and an equally fine study of art history. Splendidly illustrated translations of the first two volumes of his Psychology of Art were published in the U.S. in 1949. Last week came Volume 3, The Twilight of the Absolute (Pantheon...
Critic Malraux is not always clear about what he means by "the absolute," but generally it comes down to a matter of religion; he believes Christianity is in a twilight stage. For him, a "little pseudo-Gothic church on Broadway, tucked away amongst the skyscrapers, is symbolic of the age. On the whole face of the globe the civilization that has conquered it has failed to build a temple or a tomb...
Malraux is not whistling in the twilight. Modern art, he is convinced, accomplishes all those things. What's more, it "has liberated painting, which is now triumphantly a law unto itself. And which, indirectly and unwittingly albeit, has replaced tradition-in other words a culture studiously self-conscious-by a culture that is unselfconscious; setting up against a system of imperatives a system of research and exploration. In this quest the artist (and perhaps modern man in general) knows only his starting point, his methods and his bearings-no more than these-and follows in the steps...
Adams is divided into three living units. Westmorly and Randolph are remnants of the early 20th century gold Coast. They feature the twilight luxury of large, high-ceilinged rooms and the out-dated Victorian living that provides a bathtub, but no shower...
...membership of 15 men: approximately ten men, according to president Lowell P. Beveridge '52, have refused to join the organization officially. Perhaps these men have really been forced to quit the group because of fear that their unpopular opinions might do them damage; more likely they will simply become twilight members, participating secretly in the group's activities. In either case no good has been done...