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1 online resource (367 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-360) and indexes. |
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1. Sacred Art: Who Has the Power to Define Art? Art is What People Call Art -- Cultural Inferiority and Superiority Color the Economy of the -- 'Art is Sacred' -- 'Art is Authentic' -- 'Art is Superfluous and Remote' -- 'Art Goes Against the Rules and so Adds to Cognition' -- 'Artists Resemble Magicians' (A personal view) -- Mythology of the Arts Influences the Economy of the Arts -- 2. Denial of the Economy: Why Are Gifts to the Arts Praised, While Market Incomes Remain Suspect? -- Arts Depend on Gifts and Trade -- Amount of Donations and Subsidies is Exceptional -- 'Art that is Given Must not be Sold' -- 'The Market Devalues Art' -- Arts Need the High Status of the Gift Sphere -- Economy in the Arts Is Denied and Veiled -- A Dual Economy Requires Special Skills. |
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3. Economic Value Versus Aesthetic Value: Is There Any Financial Reward for Quality? Aesthetic Value and Market Value Differ in Definition -- 'In the Market there is no Reward for Quality' -- Values are Shared -- There is No Such Thing as a Pure Work of Art -- Buyers Influence Market Value and Experts Aesthetic Value -- Power Differences Rest on Economic, Cultural and Social Capital -- In Mass Markets Quality and Sales Easily Diverge -- Strife for Cultural Superiority in the Visual Arts (An -- Power of Words Challenges the Power of Money -- Government Transforms Cultural Power into Purchasing Power -- Donors and Governments Know Best -- Market Value and Aesthetic Value Tend to Converge in the Long Run -- 4. Selflessly Devoted Artist: Are Artists Reward-Oriented? Selfless Artist is Intrinsically Motivated -- Rewards Serve as Inputs -- Artists are Faced with a Survival Constraint. |
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Autonomy is Always Relative -- Intrinsic Motivation Stems from Internalization -- Habitus and Field -- Selfless Devotion and the Pursuit of Gain Coincide -- Artists Differ in Their Reward-Orientation -- Types and Sources of Rewards Matter to Artists -- Three Examples of Orientation Towards Government Rewards in the Netherlands -- 5. Money for the Artist: Are Artists Just Ill-Informed Gamblers? Incomes in the Arts are Exceptionally High -- Art Markets are Winner-Takes-All Markets -- People Prefer Authenticity and are Willing to Pay for It -- Incomes in the Arts are Exceptionally Low -- Five Explanations for the Low Incomes Earned in the Arts -- Artists are Unfit for 'Normal' Jobs -- Artists are Willing to Forsake Monetary Rewards -- Artists are Over-Confident and Inclined to Take Risks -- Artists are Ill-Informed. |
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6. Structural Poverty: Do Subsidies and Donations Increase Poverty? Artists Have Not Always Been Poor -- Desire to Relieve Poverty in the Arts Led to the Emergence of Large-Scale Subsidization -- Low Incomes are Inherent to the Arts -- Number of Artists Adjusts to Subsidy Levels -- Subsidies in the Netherlands Have Increased the Number of Artists Without Reducing Poverty -- Subsidies Are a Signal that Governments Take Care of Artists -- Subsidies and Donations Intended to Alleviate Poverty Actually -- Low-priced Education Signals that it is Safe to Become an -- Social Benefits Signal that it is Safe to Become an Artist -- Artists Supplement Incomes with Family Wealth and Second Jobs -- Artists Reduce Risks by Multiple Jobholding -- Artists Could be Consumers rather than Producers -- Is there an Artist 'Oversupply' or are Low Incomes Compensated. |
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7. Cost Disease: Do Rising Costs in the Arts Make Subsidization. 'Artistic Quality Should Remain the Aspiration, Regardless of the Costs' -- 'The Arts are Stricken by a Cost Disease' -- Technical Progress has Always been a Part of the Arts -- There is no True Performance -- Taboo on Technical Innovation in Classical Music is a Product of the Times -- Cost Disease Contributes to Low Incomes while Internal Subsidization Contains the Cost Disease -- There is no Limit to the Demand for Works of Art -- Changing Tastes Can Also Cause Financial Problems -- Pop Music has Attractive Qualities that Classical Music Lacks -- Subsidies and Donations Exacerbate the Cost Disease -- 8. Power and the Duty to Give: Why Give to the Arts? Donors Receive Respect -- Donors Have Influence and are Necessarily Paternalistic -- Art Sublimates Power and Legitimizes the Donor's Activities. |
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Gifts Turn into Duties -- Donations and Subsidies are Embedded in Rituals -- Artists Give and Pay Tribute -- Family and Friends Subsidize Artists -- Private Donors Give to Street Artists as well as to Prestigious Art Institutions -- Corporations and Private Foundations Support Art -- 9. Government Serves Art: Do Art Subsidies Serve the Public Interest. Art Subsidies Need Reasons -- 'Art Subsidies are Necessary to Offset Market Failures' -- 'Art has Special Merits and must be Accessible to Everyone' -- Merit Argument has been Used Successfully -- 'Government Must Help Poor Artists' -- 'Art is Public and the Government Must Intervene to Prevent Underproduction' -- 'Art Contributes to Economic Welfare and so Must be Supported' -- 'Society Needs a Reserve Army of Artists and must therefore Support Art' -- Government Distorts Competition in the Arts -- Self-Interest Hides Behind Arguments for Art Subsidies -- Art world Benefits from Subsidies -- Government is under Pressure to Subsidize the Arts. |
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10. Art Serves the Government: How Symbiotic Is the Relationship between Art. Governments Have Interests and Tastes -- Art Appears to be Less Serviceable than it was during Monarchical Times -- European Governments Carried on the Former Patronage -- Veiled Display Serves Social Coherence -- Cultural Superiority of the Nation Needs Display -- Government Taste Serves Display -- Governments are Willing to Support the Arts -- An Arts Experts Regime Harmonizes Government and Art World -- Appendix: Differences between Government Involvement in the in the Arts in the US and in Europe -- 11. Informal Barriers Structure the Arts: How Free or Monopolized Are the Arts? -- In other Professions Barriers Inform Consumers, Restrain Producers and Limit Competition -- Arts Resist a Formal Control of Numbers of Artists -- In the Past Numbers of Artists were Controlled -- Granting Certificates to Commercial Galleries in the Netherlands. |
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Characteristics of Informal Barriers -- Informal Barriers Protect Collective Reputations -- Innovations in the Arts are Protected and Indirectly Rewarded -- Arts are Structured and Developments are Controlled -- Risks of Some are Reduced at the Expense of Others -- 12. Conclusion: a Cruel Economy: Why Is the Exceptional Economy of the Arts. Economy of the Arts is an Exceptional Economy -- Despite the Many Donations and Subsidies Incomes are Low in the Arts -- A Grim Picture has been Drawn -- Winners Reproduce the Mystique of the Arts -- Society Needs a Sacred Domain -- Future Scenarios with More or Less Subsidization -- Epilogue: the Future Economy of the Arts -- Signs of a Less Exceptional Economy of the Arts -- Artists with New Attitudes Enter the Scene (1) -- Artists with new Attitudes Enter the Scene (2) -- 'Art Becomes Demystified as Society Becomes More Rational' -- 'Borders in and Around the Arts Disappear' -- 'New Techniques, Mass Consumption and Mass Media Help. |
| Summary |
An unconventional socio-economic analysis of the economic position of the arts and artists. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Art -- Economic aspects.
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Art -- Economic aspects. |
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Artists -- Economic conditions.
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Artists -- Economic conditions. |
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Artists |
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Arts |
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Economics |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Abbing, Hans, 1946- Why are artists poor?. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2002 9053565655 (DLC) 2003403782 (OCoLC)50997056 |
| ISBN |
0585498148 (electronic book) |
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9780585498140 (electronic book) |
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9053565655 |
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9789053565650 |
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1280958774 |
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9781280958779 |
