Development of the Art Market in England - Money As Muse, 17301900

This book gives a comprehensive account of the history and underlying economics of the modern art market in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain.

List of contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Early Stages: From the Netherlands to Great Britain; Chapter 2 The Commoditization of Theories of Art; Chapter 3 The Painter as Homo Economicus; Chapter 4 Critics and Auctions; Chapter 5 The Evolution of Picture-Dealing; Chapter 6 The Victorian Era; Chapter 7 ‘Working the Oracle’: The Tools of the Trade; Chapter 8 The Formation of a Nexus: A Story of Christie’s; Chapter 9 Commoditization and the Artist as Producer: Product Differentiation and the Domestication of Pictures; Chapter 10 The End of the ‘Golden Age’; Chapter 11 Postscript: A Perpetual Innovative Whirl;

About the author

Bayer, Thomas M; Page, John R.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas M Bayer, Thomas M Page Bayer, John R Page, John R. Page
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781138661301
• ISBN: 978-1-138-66130-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Financial History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; England, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, ART / Business Aspects, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Economic history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Art: Financial Aspects, C 1700 To C 1800