tby JOSEPH RYKWERT
The second of two talks on the ideas of the Swiss historian Siegfried Giedion. The Eternal Present, Giedion's most recent work. deals with paleolithic art and Near Eastern architecture
In contrast to the dismissive attitude towards it adopted by many reviewers. Joseph Rykwert. Professor or Art in the University of Essex, regards this work as central to Giedion's whole approach to man and his environment.