The Use and Abuse of Art
Jacques Barzun

Paper | 1975 | $18.95 / £11.50
160 pp.

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The lecturer traces the historical development of attitudes toward the arts over the past 150 years, suggesting that the present is a period of cultural liquidation, nothing less than the ending of the modern age that began with the Renaissance.

Series:

• A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts
• National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
• Bollingen Series (General)

Subject Area:

• Art and Architecture

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For customers in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Asia, and Australia
Paper: $18.95 ISBN13: 978-0-691-01804-1

For customers in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and India
Paper: £11.50 ISBN13: 978-0-691-01804-1

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