The commercial success of modernism, argues Robert Jensen, depended greatly on possession of historical legitimacy. The very development of modern art was inseparable from the commercialism many of its proponents sought to transcend. In this fundamental rethinking of the rise of…
by Morrall, Andrew, Vermeylen, Filip, North, Michael, Cowan, Brian, Loh, Maria H., Stabel, Peter, Martens, Maximiliaan P. J., Blondé, Bruno, Bloom, James J., Cecchini, Isabella, Falomir, Miguel, Korevaar, Gerbrand, Laet, Veerle De, Lorizzo, Loredana, Marshall, Christopher R., Matthew, Louisa, Montias, J. Michael, Peeters, Natasja, Romein, Ed, Shaw, James E., Stighelen, Katlijne Van der, Szanto, Mickaël
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Essays about painting markets in the period 1450-1800, who bought them? How were they distributed? The following headsubjects are described: part I: material culture and paintings; part II: rules and market practices; part III: drawing connoisseurs into the market; part IV: crea…
"The editors, Neil De Marchi and Hans J. Van Miegroet, an economist and an historian, have collaborated across their disciplines for ten years. Here they have interspersed participants' essays with brief connecting observations, to produce a text that respects displinary experti…
This book will explore past, current, and future policies and trends concerning the sale of antiquities from Mesoamerica. Having outlined gaps in our knowledge, this book seeks to identify the substantive steps that the academic community can take toward affecting transparency, …
"Pre-Columbian artifacts are among the most popular items on the international antiquities market, yet it is becoming increasingly difficult to monitor these items as public, private, and digital sales proliferate. This timely volume explores past, current, and future policies a…
Die deutschsprachiche Kunstkritik entsteht in Anlehnung an die französische Kunsttheorie und Salonkritik ab der zweiten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts in Periodika der Aufklärung. Während Akademieausstellungen im Louvre Menschenmassen anziehen und die französische Salonkritik herau…
Die deutschsprachiche Kunstkritik entsteht in Anlehnung an die französische Kunsttheorie und Salonkritik ab der zweiten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts in Periodika der Aufklärung. Während Akademieausstellungen im Louvre Menschenmassen anziehen und die französische Salonkritik herau…
Die deutschsprachiche Kunstkritik entsteht in Anlehnung an die französische Kunsttheorie und Salonkritik ab der zweiten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts in Periodika der Aufklärung. Während Akademieausstellungen im Louvre Menschenmassen anziehen und die französische Salonkritik herau…
Britain in the nineteenth century saw a series of technological and social changes which continue to influence and direct us today. Its reactants were human genius, money and influence, its crucibles the streets and institutions, its catalyst time, its control the market. In thi…
Britain in the nineteenth century saw a series of technological and social changes which continue to influence and direct us today. Its reactants were human genius, money and influence, its crucibles the streets and institutions, its catalyst time, its control the market. In thi…
How do dealers price contemporary art in a world where objective criteria seem absent? "Talking Prices" is the first book to examine this question from a sociological perspective. On the basis of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative data, including interviews with art de…
A study of how dealers price contemporary art, this text shows how dealers convey social and cultural meanings to their colleagues, artists, and collectors through their rhetoric about prices, and how the construction of value in the art world is as much about the people who pro…
