{"product_id":"book-1s98","title":"Hans Hess: Selected Writings Volume 3 - Art \u0026 Ideology","description":"\u003cp\u003ePurchase and listen to a pathbreaking exploration of art's relationship with power and ideology set out in \u003cem\u003eArt and Ideology\u003c\/em\u003e - the third volume of writings by emigre Marxist art critic Hans Hess. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHess's penetrating analysis reveals how \u003cem\u003e'what now replaces the function of art is advertising '\u003c\/em\u003e in our contemporary world, where \u003cem\u003e'the goods have become the gods'\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt traces the transformation from art's earliest social purposes - like the cave paintings of Altamira and Lascaux, created not as decoration but as \u003cem\u003e'magic in action'\u003c\/em\u003e - through to its role in the Counter-Reformation when \u003cem\u003e'art was reclaimed for religion and became the most powerful weapon of propaganda'\u003c\/em\u003e, and into the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrated and produced by Rochelle Anne Swanson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith additional image descriptions read by Natasha Raskin Sharp, highly-prized presenter of Bargain Hunt, Antiques Road Trip and Flog It!, and a much-loved and respected presenter of late-night music shows for BBC Radio Scotland. Editor's notes and citations read by Adele Allen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo see our full catalogue, including more writings by Hans Hess, go to manifestopress.coop and follow us on social media.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":66839168614704,"sku":"BD1s98","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1s98-Square-cover.png?v=1779406321","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1s98","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}