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1 online resource (369 pages) |
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| Contents |
Table of Contents; Preface; 1 Sacred Art: Who Has the Power to Define Art?; 2 The Denial of the Economy: Why Are Gifts to the Arts Praised, While Market Incomes Remain Suspect?; 3 Economic Value Versus Aesthetic Value: Is There Any Financial Reward for Quality?; 4 The Selflessly Devoted Artist: Are Artists Reward-Oriented?; 5 Money for the Artist: Are Artists Just Ill-Informed Gamblers?; 6 Structural Poverty: Do Subsidies and Donations Increase Poverty?; 7 The Cost Disease: Do Rising Costs in the Arts Make Subsidization; 8 The Power and the Duty to Give: Why Give to the Arts? |
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9 The Government Serves Art: Do Art Subsidies Serve the Public Interest10 Art Serves the Government: How Symbiotic Is the Relationship between Art; 11 Informal Barriers Structure the Arts: How Free or Monopolized Are the Arts?; 12 Conclusion: a Cruel Economy: Why Is the Exceptional Economy of the Arts; Epilogue: the Future Economy of the Arts; Notes; Literature; Index of Names. |
| Summary |
An unconventional socio-economic analysis of the economic position of the arts and artists. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Artists -- Economic conditions.
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Artists -- Economic conditions. |
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Art -- Economic aspects.
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Art -- Economic aspects. |
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Multi-User. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9789053565650 |
| ISBN |
9789048503650 (electronic book) |
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9048503655 (electronic book) |
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9789053565650 |
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9053565655 |
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