{"product_id":"the-use-and-abuse-of-art-9780691018041","title":"The Use and Abuse of Art","description":"\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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50924155011346,"sku":"9780691018041","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4d934aa0-cf09-42fd-b66f-c644cc8c51ca.jpg?v=1738969942","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-use-and-abuse-of-art-9780691018041","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}