UID:
almahu_9947367693402882
Format:
1 online resource (1401 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-63665-3
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9786610636655
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0-08-046475-0
Series Statement:
Handbooks in economics, 25
Content:
Over the last 30 or 40 years a substantial literature has grown up in which the tools of economic theory and analysis have been applied to problems in the arts and culture. Economists who have surveyed the field generally locate the origins of contemporary cultural economics as being in 1966, the year of publication of the first major work in modern times dedicated specifically to the economics of the arts. It was a book by Baumol and Bowen which showed that economic analysis could illuminate the supply of and demand for artistic services, the contribution of the arts sector to the economy, an
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front cover; Title page; Copyright page; Introduction to the Series; Contents of the Handbook; Acknowledgements; Contents of Volume 1; Part 1: Introduction; Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview; 1. Introduction; 2. Behavior of individuals; 3. Behavior of firms and industries; 4. Behavior of markets; 5. Arts and culture in the economy; 6. Conclusions; References; Part2: History; Chapter 2 Art and Culture in the History of Economic Thought; Abstract; Keywords; 1. Introduction; 2. The earliest years; 3. The eighteenth century: Imitation and imagination in the Enlightenment
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4. Classical economics: The shadow of Bentham5. Humanist critics; 6. The marginal revolution; 7. The arts in American economics; 8. Keynes and the Bloomsbury Group; 9. Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 The History of Art Markets; Abstract; Keywords; 1. Approach, focus and scope; 2. Early local art markets, primary and resale; 3. Distributing paintings across markets; 4. Selling paintings I: Artist-dealer relations; 5. Selling paintings II: Auctions; 6. Coda; 7. Some developments since 1750; References; Chapter 4 The Evolution of Music Markets; Abstract; Keywords; 1. Introduction
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2. The evolution of music performance venues3. A quantitative perspective; 4. Music publishing and intellectual property; 5. The popularization of musical culture; References; Part 3: Value; Chapter 5 Defining Cultural and Artistic Goods; Abstract; Keywords; 1. Introduction; 2. Definitional issues; 3. Creativity; 4. Implications for consumers of art; 5. Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 Value and the Valuation of Art in Economic and Aesthetic Theory; Abstract; Keywords; 1. Premodern theories; 2. Art in early subjectivist theories; 3. Art in 19th century economics and aesthetics
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4. Art in economic theory until the 1970s5. Art in aesthetics until the 1990s; 6. Varieties of artistic external effects in contemporary economics; 7. Varieties of artistic value in contemporary aesthetics, and their economic valuation; 8. The logic of aesthetic and economic evaluation; References; Part 4: Legal Issues; Chapter 7 The Economic Analysis of Art Law; Abstract; Keywords; 1. Introduction; 2. Copyright and trademark issues; 3. Moral rights; 4. Resale royalties; 5. Resolving disputes over ownership of art; 6. Art market: Contract and authenticity issues; 7. Estate issues; References
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Chapter 8 Copies of Artworks: The Case of Paintings and PrintsAbstract; Keywords; 1. Introduction; 2. Forgeries, copies, and reproductions. Definitions and boundaries; 3. Artists and their patrons; 4. Markets for prints; 5. Markets for paintings; 6. Copies and art historians. A renewal of interest?; 7. Regulating the market for copies; 8. Concluding comments; Appendix A: Copies and originals sold at auction 1684-1999; References; Chapter 9 Copyright, Art and Internet: Blessing the Curse?; Abstract; Keywords; 1. Introduction; 2. The example of MP3s and software; 3. A market for works of art
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4. Issues and conclusion
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-50870-8
Language:
English
