What Is Art All About?
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What if the greatest barrier between humanity and art is simply a failure to ask the right questions? What is Art All About? presents a bold and accessible inquiry into the nature, purpose, and experience of art, written by Desiderius Orban — a Hungarian-born Australian artist and educator renowned for his lifelong mission to democratise artistic understanding. Orban argues that art is not the exclusive domain of critics and connoisseurs, but a fundamental human language accessible to all who are willing to engage with it honestly and openly. Orban's prose is disarmingly direct yet intellectually rich, dismantling the pretensions that so often alienate ordinary viewers from great works. He illustrates the relationship between creative expression and human emotion, urging readers to trust their own perceptions as a valid point of entry into the artistic experience. Rooted in his decades of teaching and practice, this work stands as a testament to the belief that art education is, at its core, an education in being human — leaving the reader to wonder what else they may have been missing all along.
Author: Desiderius Orban
Format: Hardback
Published: 1975, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Genre: The arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What if the greatest barrier between humanity and art is simply a failure to ask the right questions? What is Art All About? presents a bold and accessible inquiry into the nature, purpose, and experience of art, written by Desiderius Orban — a Hungarian-born Australian artist and educator renowned for his lifelong mission to democratise artistic understanding. Orban argues that art is not the exclusive domain of critics and connoisseurs, but a fundamental human language accessible to all who are willing to engage with it honestly and openly. Orban's prose is disarmingly direct yet intellectually rich, dismantling the pretensions that so often alienate ordinary viewers from great works. He illustrates the relationship between creative expression and human emotion, urging readers to trust their own perceptions as a valid point of entry into the artistic experience. Rooted in his decades of teaching and practice, this work stands as a testament to the belief that art education is, at its core, an education in being human — leaving the reader to wonder what else they may have been missing all along.