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Authority and Freedom

Hardcover • 2021 • English • 1. edition

Authority and Freedom: A Defense of the Arts

By Jed Perl

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About the book

"From one of our most astute art critics, an impassioned and elegant book that questions the demand for art's political relevance or its need to deliver a message, and insists on its power to take us out of the everyday world, and its most important role: to excite, disturb, inspire or unsettle us. As more and more critics and enthusiasts insist that art needs to promote a particular idea or message, be it political or social, as a brand, a means of education or entertainment, Jed Perl wants to ...Show more

Paintings and painting
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Book details

ISBN

9780593320051

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Published year

2021

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Authority and Freedom

Format

Hardcover

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