Art and Money

Name: Art and Money
Price: 32.99 USD
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ISBN: 9780226752136

ISBN-10: 0226752135

ISBN-13: 9780226752136

Edition: 1995

Authors: Marc Shell

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In our age of art as investment and of skyrocketing prices at the gallery and the auction house, the study of art and money has become urgent--at least for investors and cultural critics. At the same time, crises in finance have disrupted economic and credit institutions and in turn assumptions about the value of art. Art & Money is a frank, provocative, and entirely unconventional look at two worlds in tandem, focusing on what binds together and drives apart the realms of art and money. Profusely illustrated, it investigates how money becomes (or is) artwork and how artwork comes to assume some of the characteristics of money. Unlike traditional approaches to the topic, Art & Money is not…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/1/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 230
Size: 8.50" wide x 9.25" long x 2.01" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Art and Money: Christianity Icon and Inscription Eucharist Wafer Communion Token The Holy Grail The Golden Annunciation The Holy Foreskin Aurum and Aura Tax Advice The Numismatic God Chrysography 3. Representation and Exchange: America Pretty Money The Money Devil The Issue of Representation Visual Trumps Counterfeits The End of the Matter 4. Conclusion Accounting for Art What Still Matters Notes Works Cited List of Artists Discussed