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    The document argues that art can serve as a tool to help address psychological frailties or weaknesses in humans. It identifies seven main functions of art: 1) remembering, 2) providing hope, 3) addressing sorrow, 4) achieving balance, 5) facilitating self-understanding, 6) promoting growth, and 7) cultivating appreciation. The document suggests that the way art is taught, sold, and presented should focus more on what purposes art can serve for individuals rather than just its technical or historical aspects.

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    Art as Therapy

    Allain de Botton

    WHAT IS ART FOR?


    This book argues that the problem is not primarily located in the individual. It lies in
    the way that art is taught, sold and presented by the art establishment. Since the
    beginning of the twentieth century, our relationship with art as been weakened by a
    profound institutional reluctance to adress the question of art is for. p.4

    Art can be a tool, and we need to focus more clearly on what kind of tool it is and
    what good it can do for us. p.4

    ART AS A TOOL
    Art compensates us for certain inborn weakenesses, in this case of the mind rather
    than the body, weaknesses that we can refer to as psychological frailties. p.5

    A knife is response to our need, yet inability, to cut. A bottle is a response to our need,
    yet inability, to carry water. p.5

    What psychological frailties might art help with? Seven frailties are identified, and
    therefore seven functions for art. p.5

    I. METHODOLOGY

    THE SEVEN FUNCTIONS OF ART:


    1. REMEMBERING
    2. HOPE
    3. SORROW
    4. REBALANCING
    5. SELF-UNDERSTANDING
    6. GROWTH
    7. APPRECIATION

    WHAT IS THE POINT OF ART?

    WHAT COUNTS AS GOOD ART?


    TECHICAL READING
    POLITICAL READING
    HISTORICAL READING
    SHOCK-VALUE READING
    THERAPEUTIC READING

    WHAT KIND OF ART SHOULD ONE MAKE?

    HOW SHOULD ART BE BOUGHT AND SOLD?

    HOW SHOULD WE STUDY ART?

    HOW SHOULD ART BE DISPLAYED?


    II. LOVE
    CAN WE GET BETTER AT LOVE?

    WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A GOOD LOVER?

    ATTENTION TO DETAIL:
    PATIENCE
    CURIOSITY
    RESILIENCE
    SENSUALITY
    REASON
    PERSPECTIVE

    AM I ALLOWED TO BE TURNED ON?

    HOW TO MAKE LOVE LAST

    COURAGE FOR THE JOURNEY

    III. NATURE
    REMEMBERING NATURE

    THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SOUTH

    ANTICIPATING AUTUMN

    THE SENSE OF WHAT IS BEAUTIFUL

    THE NEW ARTISTS OF NATURE

    IV. MONEY
    ART AS A GUIDE TO THE REFORM OF CAPITALISM

    THE PROBLEM OF TASTE

    THE ROLE OF THE CRITIC IN THE EDUCATION OF TASTE

    TOWARDS AN ENLIGHTENED CAPITALISM

    ENLIGHTENED INVESTMENT

    CAREER ADVICE FROM ARTISTS

    V. POLITICS
    WHAT SHOULD POLITICAL ART BE AIMING AT?

    WHAT IS THERE TO BE PRUD OF?

    WHO SHOULD WE TRY TO BECOME?


    A DEFENCE OF CENSORSHIP

    AND NOW... TO CHANGE THE WORLD

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