{"product_id":"how-to-enjoy-art-ben-street-9780300267617","title":"How to Enjoy Art: A Guide for Everyone","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn entertaining and lively guide to rediscovering the pleasure in art\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ben Street is one of the greatest communicators and writers on art. [This is] an expert guide to looking at and understanding art. Beautifully put together and brilliantly written.\"--Katy Hessel, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Story of Art Without Men\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e How to Enjoy Art: A Guide for Everyone provides the tools to understand and enjoy works of art. Debunking the pervasive idea that specialist knowledge is required to understand and appreciate art, instead \u003ci\u003eHow to Enjoy Art\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on experience and pleasure, demonstrating how anyone can find value and enjoyment in art. Examples from around the world and throughout art history--from works by Fra Angelico and Berthe Morisot to Kazuo Shiraga and Kara Walker--are used to demonstrate how a handful of core strategies and skills can help enhance the experience of viewing art works. With these skills, anyone can encounter any work of art--regardless of media, artist, or period--and find some resonance with their own experiences. \u003ci\u003eHow to Enjoy Art \u003c\/i\u003eencourages us to rediscover the fundamental pleasure in viewing art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Street\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300267614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300267617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.87h x 5.12w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023","brand":"Ben Street","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080004464895,"sku":"9780300267617","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_881270a3-53db-4cfc-84a6-d40e3ab69853.jpg?v=1685484395","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-to-enjoy-art-ben-street-9780300267617","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}