{"product_id":"le-chef-d-oeuvre-inutile","title":"The Useless Masterpiece.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe current use of the term masterpiece seems paradoxical. It is denied by the reality of art, which proceeds from a work producing pieces in series; decried by the times, which reject it as an anachronistic, if not antidemocratic, notion; distorted by the market, where it is used to designate the work of an artist that sells for the most money – and yet, it persists in the form of a compass, a ne plus ultra, a supreme aesthetic experience: never have the canvases of masters seen so many spectators. Starting from this observation, Éric Suchère and Camille Saint-Jacques each offer an essay, under a title – The Useless Masterpiece – which is intended less provocative than problematic. For if the aim here is to question what one could call a decline of the masterpiece, one will find in these pages no lamentation of principle. not to give in, therefore, to a massive depreciation of contemporary trends, but to forge the criteria which will allow us to understand them and appreciate their appropriateness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antinoë","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39839029690552,"sku":"22762","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/4043\/6408\/products\/008173617.jpg?v=1623089933","url":"https:\/\/anttopinoe.com\/en-en\/products\/le-chef-d-oeuvre-inutile","provider":"Antinoë","version":"1.0","type":"link"}