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malraux and anti-destiny: the real is appearance

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Dave

…Sacred art- and in a sense all art- “imposes the presence of another world. Not necessarily an inferno or a paradise, not only a world after death; a world beyond, rendered present. For all these forms, in various degrees, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Andre Malraux, Andre Malraux agnosticism, Andre Malraux Metamorphosis of the Gods, Chartres Gothic sculpture, Christ sculpture Beaulieu Abbey, Clive Bell, David Reisman, Georges Didi-Huberman, Walter Benjamin | Leave a comment

imaginary museum

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Dave

The imaginary museum in which the art of every age is at last brought together and searched for its deepest meaning… Andre Malraux’s great study of “anti-destiny” was titled The Metamorphosis of the Gods. The book, was in a sense, … Continue reading →