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The Use and Abuse of Art The A W Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts
by [Barzun, Jacques]
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From the celebrated cultural historian and bestselling author, a provocative history of the evolution of our ideas about art since the early nineteenth century
In 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 for life at the present time."
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- Princeton University Pres Brand
- Jun 21, 1975 Pub Date:
- 9780691018041 ISBN-13:
- 0691018049 ISBN-10:
- 160.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 9 in * 0.4 in * 6 in Dimensions:
- 0 lb Weight:
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