The Soul and the City: Art, Literature, and Urban Living by The Great Courses | Free Audiobook

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Title: The Soul and the City: Art, Literature, and Urban Living
Author: The Great Courses
Narrator: Professor Arnold Weinstein
Format: Original Recording
Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-08-13
Publisher: The Great Courses
Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences

Summary:
These eight lectures are a celebration of humanity and the rich texture of human experience. They are a fascinating focus on the complex artistic representations of city life from the 18th to the 20th century. Join Professor Weinstein as he reveals the portraits of humanity that came from several of the period's greatest artists, writers, and thinkers.
Among them:
These lectures reveal several vital themes that appear in artists' subjective renderings of urban living: orientation (finding our way), the marketplace (exchanging goods and services), anonymity (experiencing solitude or freedom), encounters (fearing or connecting with others), history (maintaining contact with other times), and cultures (entering the cities' ever-changing cultural forms).
Why use art as a guide to city life? According to Professor Weinstein, "Art usually supports what we learn from scientific studies of urban life. Art provides us with something social science cannot: a subjective rendering of city experience that is not quantifiable. Such a depiction includes our fears, desires, and dreams. Art serves as a record for these experiences."
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