Since the time of the ancient Greeks, philosophers have pondered
the nature and purpose of the arts, but artists have gone on making
them and audiences enjoying them regardless of these musings. None
of their theories have met with universal or even popular
acceptance. But here is theory that places the arts--all the
arts--firmly and squarely within everyone's everyday
experiences.
"Summers of Discontent" goes to the heart of the arts. It's an
examination of why artists create them in the first place and why
we all feel the need for them. Raymond Tallis thinks the arts
spring from our inability as humans fully to experience our
experiences; from our hunger for a more rounded, more complete
sense of the world.
Tallis's thesis is original and fresh, down-to-earth and
life-enhancing. Above all it is practical and intelligible. It will
inspire anyone who feels the creative urge today, or anyone who
wants to understand why and how the arts enrich their lives and
those of others.
Raymond Tallis is a leading academic doctor, poet, philosopher,
and cultural critic. Author of more than twenty books, he was until
his retirement professor of geriatric medicine at the University of
Manchester.
Julian Spalding was director, successively of Sheffield and
Manchester Art Galleries, and latterly of the Gallery of Modern Art
in Glasgow. He has written over a dozen books on art historical
subjects and curated many exhibitions.
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