{"product_id":"drawing-us-in-how-we-experience-visual-art-9780807066072","title":"Drawing Us in: How We Experience Visual Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Hilton Als\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Criticism \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Contributions by Dorothy Allison, John Berger, Mark Doty, Mary Gordon, bell hooks, Alfred Kazin, August Wilson, and others \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor the contributors to \u003ci\u003eDrawing Us In, \u003c\/i\u003e visual art makes us see what we haven't seen before; it surprises, transforms, and comforts us. Dorothy Allison explains how a painting in a Baptist church taught her as a child that art connects people from disparate backgrounds. Alfred Kazin reflects on his wanderings around New York's museums as a teenager. Mary Gordon finds that Bonnard's still lifes put in perspective her mother's struggle with illness and aging. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor anyone who has felt moved by the visual, this collection offers a delightful range of views on how and why art matters in our psychic, social, and political lives.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614374805655,"sku":"9780807066072","price":2213.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780807066072.webp?v=1775093113","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/drawing-us-in-how-we-experience-visual-art-9780807066072","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}