{"product_id":"the-use-and-abuse-of-art-paperback","title":"The Use and Abuse of Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacques Barzun\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the celebrated cultural historian and bestselling author, a provocative history of the evolution of our ideas about art since the early nineteenth century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this witty, provocative, and learned book, acclaimed cultural historian and writer Jacques Barzun traces our changing attitudes to the arts over the past 150 years, suggesting that we are living in a period of cultural liquidation, nothing less than the ending of the modern age that began with the Renaissance. He challenges our conceptions and misconceptions about art \"in order to reach a conclusion about its value and its drawbacks \u003ci\u003efor life\u003c\/i\u003e at the present time.\"\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen an extremely intellectual, extremely experienced, extremely wise man shares his thoughts with others, the result seizes the imagination at once. Such is the effect of these essays, a series given as lectures at the National Gallery in 1973. Mr. Barzun examines art as religion, as destroyer, as redeemer, and in relation to what he calls its temper, science\", but never forgets the basic essential. As he says, \"the last word on art should indeed be: mystery. But that need not stop any of us from dealing with it as if we understood more than we can\". And how good it is to have one's mind stretched to that understanding of \"more.\"\"--Virginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacques Barzun\u003c\/b\u003e (1907-2012) was professor of history at Columbia University and the author of many books, including the bestselling \u003ci\u003eFrom Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSimple and Direct\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Energies of Art\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe House of Intellect\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 9.02 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457386430717,"sku":"9780691018041","price":50.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/cDVzMXl6aWoxVGV4Q1ZGQ3lFUEk4dz09.webp?v=1777237493","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-use-and-abuse-of-art-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}