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phaidon.com Fall 2016 Now available in paperback – two authorities on popular culture reveal the ways in which art can enhance mood and enrich lives Art as Therapy Alain de Botton and John Armstrong This passionate, thought-provoking, often funny, and always-accessible book proposes a new way of looking at art, suggesting that it can be useful, relevant, and therapeutic. Through practical examples, the world-renowned authors argue that certain great works of art have clues as to how to manage the tensions and confusions of modern life. Chapters on love, nature, money, and politics show how art can help with many common difficulties, from forging good relationships to coming to terms with mortality. - Alain de Botton is the author of bestselling books, including The Consolations of Philosophy, How Proust Can Change Your Life, Status Anxiety, and Religion for Atheists. He founded The School of Life in 2008, an organization which – from branches around the world – supplies good ideas for everyday life in the form of books, workshops, and talks. In 2009 he founded Living Architecture, which makes high-quality architecture accessible to everyone. John Armstrong is a philosopher and art theorist based at Melbourne University in Australia. He is the author of several well-received books, including The Intimate Philosophy of Art, and Conditions of Love. Key Selling Points - The hardcover edition was a global bestseller and was published to great acclaim worldwide - From the prolific philosopher, essayist, and School of Life founder Alain de Botton, written in collaboration with one of the world’s finest philosophical art historians, John Armstrong - Available for the first time in a portable, paperback edition at a highly affordable price, this book will appeal to a large and diverse audience 198 × 131 mm 7 ¾ × 5 ⅛ inches 240 pp 150 col illus. Paperback 978 0 7148 7278 0 £ 10.95 UK $ 16.95 US € 14.95 EUR $ 22.95 CAN $ 24.95 AUS Published October 2016
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phaidon.comFall 2016
Now available in paperback – two authorities on popular culture reveal the ways in which art can enhance mood and enrich lives
Art as TherapyAlain de Botton and John Armstrong
This passionate, thought-provoking, often funny, and always-accessible book proposes a new way of looking at art, suggesting that it can be useful, relevant, and therapeutic. Through practical examples, the world-renowned authors argue that certain great works of art have clues as to how to manage the tensions and confusions of modern life. Chapters on love, nature, money, and politics show how art can help with many common difficulties, from forging good relationships to coming to terms with mortality.-Alain de Botton is the author of bestselling books, including The Consolations of Philosophy, How Proust Can Change Your Life, Status Anxiety, and Religion for Atheists. He founded The School of Life in 2008, an organization which – from branches around the world – supplies good ideas for everyday life in the form of books, workshops, and talks. In 2009 he founded Living Architecture, which makes high-quality architecture accessible to everyone.
John Armstrong is a philosopher and art theorist based at Melbourne University in Australia. He is the author of several well-received books, including The Intimate Philosophy of Art, and Conditions of Love.
Key Selling Points-The hardcover edition was a global bestseller and was published to great acclaim worldwide-From the prolific philosopher, essayist, and School of Life founder Alain de Botton, written in collaboration with one of the world’s finest philosophical art historians, John Armstrong-Available for the first time in a portable, paperback edition at a highly affordable price, this book will appeal to a large and diverse audience
198 × 131 mm 7 ¾ × 5 ⅛ inches 240 pp 150 col illus.
Paperback 978 0 7148 7278 0
£ 10.95 UK $ 16.95 US € 14.95 EUR $ 22.95 CAN $ 24.95 AUS
Published October 2016
ISBN: 978-0-7148-7278-0
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‘Art as Therapy is ... beautifully designed, and fi lled with images of paintings and sculptures alongside explanations of how those artworks might be approached in a more personally helpful, therapeutic way.’– New Yorker
‘Asking the questions that always swirl through your mind when striding around Tate Modern […] Art as Therapy […] massages the mind in all the right places.’– Vanity Fair on Art
‘… the proposal that art dealers function as therapists, that museums be organized into galleries of suffering and compassion, and that scholars “analyse how art could help with a broken heart” boldly positions art at the center of our daily lives.’– Publishers Weekly
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