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# Art as Therapy Hardcover – October 14, 2013

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## Customer Reviews

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    A philosophy book heavily illustrated with a delightful and motley collection of art
  

*by G***S on Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2019*

I think of “Art as Therapy” as a philosophy book that is heavily illustrated with a delightful and motley collection of art.  And if you’ve read other books by the co-author Alain de Botton, then you will recognize his refreshing quips and wit peppered throughout this book, even in the photo captions.  How unique to marry art and philosophy the way that de Botton and co-author John Armstrong have, and the resulting marriage is a volume that is jam-packed with wisdom, but that remains constantly entertaining.  If I could give a rating of more than five stars, I would.  I don’t buy many books, but this is one to own.  I gave “Art as Therapy” to my daughter who recently graduated from college as an art major, and I hope that she will find time to read it often and with focus, because I believe that she will be a better person for it.  I think a college course using just this one book, and taught by the right professor, would be a huge hit with students and would benefit them in every way.  And about teaching...the authors refer to Herbert Read, an art critic and lecturer, who, in their words, educated with “kindness” and “took it for granted that decent, intelligent, well-intentioned people might not know very much about art.”  De Botton and Armstrong obviously took note, because their own book educates, but never condescends.  As with Read’s approach, in this book “you are allowed to start, with honour, where you are.” Highly recommended.

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    Not what you'd think when you think "Therapy."
  

*by A***S on Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2022*

I don't think the title conveys the richness of insight and clear-eyed observation free of the pretentiousness and cant of much writing about art. There are no clichés of pop psychology or 'therapy speak' or preoccupation with gender and other issues of political correctness associated with 'therapy'.

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    Fresh, but perhaps not fully baked?
  

*by C***R on Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2014*

I very much enjoyed the first part of de Botton's new book, which he calls "methodology". In this section, he elucidates 7 areas of the human condition commonly addressed in art (suffering, love, etc.). This section reads as a very moving meditation on old ideas brought into very thoughtful new focus.After this section ends, though, I felt de Botton lost his way a bit. The remainder of the book feels less deeply thought-out, as if maybe he was writing for a looming deadline (which is rather doubtful, given his excellent track record of publishing successful books, and his personal fortune). The book disappointingly veers off into a persuasive essay on how public art should be displayed and considered, and stops being fresh and original.I was left wanting to re-read the first chapter, and wishing de Botton and his co-author would re-write the remainder. The book is beautifully constructed, and the illustrations are worth the price of the whole thing. It's certainly worth reading, even if it does leave the reader wishing for less political opinion, and more thoughtful discourse on the nature of art and healing.

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