Better living through criticism : how to think about art, pleasure, beauty, and truth
by Scott, A. O., 1966- (Author)
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"The New York Times film critic shows why we need criticism now more than ever. Few could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A.O. Scott shows in Better Living Through Criticism is that we are, in fact, all critics: because critical thinking informs almost every aspect of ar... Full description
Table of Contents:
- What is criticism? (a preliminary dialogue)
- The critic as artist and vice versa
- The eye of the beholder
- Self-criticism (a further dialogue)
- Lost in the museum
- The trouble with critics
- Practical criticism (another dialogue)
- How to be wrong
- The critical condition
- The end of criticism (a final dialogue).