Review
This massive study is one of the most important works of criticism of the twentieth century. . . . Pithy, knowledgeable, and opinionated readings of 638 illustrations make the book thoroughly enjoyable to read.
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Text: English, French (translation)
From the Back Cover
"Not simply one of [Malraux's] best productions but perhaps one of the really great books of our time."--Edmund Wilson
Voices of Silence ANNOTATION
This is a comprehensive and psychological history of art from a variety of cultures by one of the eminent thinkers of the twentith century.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Voices of Silence, written by one of the most powerful minds of this century, is a daring and majestic inquiry into the meaning of art. It succeeds in destroying many cliches about both historical understanding of art and its place in the domain of Man. As history, it dismisses the orthodox classification of Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Chinese, medieval up to modern; and it substitutes for this a new, brilliantly conceived set of categories: "Museum without Walls," "The Metamorphoses of Appolo," "The Creative Process," and "Aftermath of the Absolute." Malraux illuminates all the great periods of art, individual artists, even particular works, as well as some haunting metaphysical problems in the nature of creation.
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