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Why Are Artists Poor? : the Exceptional Economy of the Arts

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 Ar...

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Main Author: Abbing, Hans (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press , 2008
Subjects:
Art
Online Access:http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/jstor-ebooks-art/www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt45kdz4
E-Book Packages:JSTOR E-Books in Art, Design and Photography
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Summary: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
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?
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?
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (369 pages)
ISBN:9789053565650
9048503655
9053565655
9789048503650