Move Closer: An Intimate Philosophy of Art

by John Armstrong

Book Overview

How many of us have stood before famous paintings only to realize, with quiet panic, that we can't work out what the fuss is all about? What do we do-beyond just staring-to get the most out of art?... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374105960
• ISBN13: 9780374105969
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

A refreshing and intellectually stimulating piece of work

John Armstrong's book is a wittily written essay about our personal enjoyment of the arts, in particular of paintings and architecture. Being generally easy to read, the book not only makes you laugh occasionally, but sometimes requires an all-round humanistic art education to grasp the points ("contextual knowledge" of the world of painting and literature). The book is a small piece of esthetical art in itself, pursuing to extend the philosophy of our unconscious mind to appreciate beautiful art. Armstrong's book carefully analyses what exactly makes art enjoyable and after you have read the book you will find that your personal enjoyment of art has been enhanced. All in all, a refreshing and intellectually stimulating piece of work. The book enables all those readers who are busily pursuing a hectic lifestyle to take a step back and start thinking about what rearly makes life enjoyable.