# The Necessity of Art

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- Book: [The Necessity of Art](https://www.bookquiver.com/ernst-fischer/the-necessity-of-art) ([The Necessity of Art.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ernst-fischer/the-necessity-of-art.md))
- Authors: [Ernst Fischer](https://www.bookquiver.com/ernst-fischer), [John Berger](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-berger), [Anna Bostock](https://www.bookquiver.com/anna-bostock)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-18-4467-593-7
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2010-06-14
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

“Art is necessary in order that man should be able to recognize and change the world. But art is also necessary by virtue of the magic inherent in it.”—Ernst Fischer Reissued with an...