{"product_id":"2940014202305","title":"ANCIENT ART","description":"No matter how complete your art library may be, you have no history of art which fills the place of this one. First, it shows art to be the expression of the race, not an individual expression of the artist. Second, it reverses the usual process of art history — it tells why, not how man constructs works of art. Elie Faure was known, not only as one of the greatest art critics, but as one of the most profound thinkers of his day. This book was one of the ten books recommended to America by the Comité France-Amerique and was the first of his books to be published in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The history of art is essentially the history of the human heart. The monuments which successive civilizations have left, as a witness of their common desires and longings, have a profound interest for us only so far as we can recover, in the sentiments which they reveal, the passionate struggles of which they are the proof... In fact, the history of art can and doubtless ought to be considered as the lyrical recital of spiritual adventure on the part of men desperately anxious to conquer the mystery which surrounds them. Art is only the expression of the momentary solutions of the problem. It is the aim of this work to contribute to our knowledge of these passion-laden phases of the drama.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Elie Faure. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith nearly two hundred illustrations, selected by the author.","brand":"OGB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070471389424,"sku":"2940014202305","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014202305_p0.jpg?v=1763602679","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014202305","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}