April 1949 Issue [Article] Death and the Baroque Download PDF Adjust Share by Aldous Huxley, Subscribe or log in to continue reading. Tags 17th century 20th century Art Baroque Death in art History and criticism Italy Sepulchral monuments More from Aldous Huxley In the Dark All over the world thousands upon thousands of men and women pass their whole lives denouncing, instructing, commanding, cajoling, imploring their fellows. With what results? One finds it rather hard… Modern Despots In a democratic state any propagandist will have rivals competing with him for the support of the public. In totalitarian states there is no liberty of expression for writers and… Wishful thinking Adjust Share