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Informationen zum Autor David W. Galenson is Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. He is author of Painting Outside the Lines (Harvard University Press, 2002) and editor of Markets in History (Cambridge University Press, 1989). He has published in the Journal of political Economy, Journal of Economic History and many other leading journals. Klappentext Talks about the study of artistic creativity. This book examines the careers of more than 100 painters! poets and novelists! to reveal a relationship between age and artistic creativity. It highlights the methods by which artists have made innovations. It is for humanists! social scientists! and those interested in the nature of human creativity. Zusammenfassung David Galenson's work on the history of art is a unique fusion of econometrics and cultural analysis that is unprecedented in the literature on creativity in any discipline, whether economics, psychology, literary studies or art history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: The Life Cycles of Modern Painters – Evidence from Art Historians. Quantifying Artistic Success. Measuring Masters and Masterpieces. Was Jackson Pollock the Greatest Modern American Painter? The New York School versus the School of Paris. Part 2: The Life Cycles of Modern Painters – Evidence from Auction Markets. The Market Evaluation of Fine Art The Life. Cycles of Modern Artists. Part 3: Markets and Artists’ Behavior. Masterpieces and Markets. The Reappearing Masterpiece. Part 4: Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity: Beyond Painting Literary Life Cycles. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young or Old Innovator.
