Overview
- Combines a cultural economic perspective with sociological and historic insights
- Discusses the evolution of art over a period of two centuries
- Draws on the author's experience as an economist and a visual artist
Part of the book series: Cultural Economics & the Creative Economy (CECE)
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About this book
Combining an economic perspective with sociological and historic insights, this book investigates the separation of ‘popular’ and ‘serious’ art over a period of almost two centuries. As the boundaries between our perceptions of established art and popular become more porous, Abbing considers questions such as: Who benefitted from the separation? Why is exclusivity in the established arts so important? Did exclusivity lead to high cost, high subsidies and high prices? Were and are underprivileged groups excluded from art consumption and production? How did popular music become so successful in the second half of the twentieth century? Why does the art profession remain extraordinarily attractive for youngsters in spite of low incomes? The book also discusses the evolution of art in the twenty-first century, considering for example how the platform economy affects the arts, whether or not the established arts are joining the entertainment industry, and the current level of diversity in art. Written from the dual perspective of the author as an artist and social scientist, the book will be of interest for cultural economists and academics as well as artists and general readers interested in art.
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About the author
Hans Abbing is a visual artist and economist. He is also Emeritus Professor in Art Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and teaches MA Cultural Economics and Cultural Entrepreneurship at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He previously published The Changing Social Economy of Art and Why Are Artists Poor?
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Economies of Serious and Popular Art
Book Subtitle: How They Diverged and Reunited
Authors: Hans Abbing
Series Title: Cultural Economics & the Creative Economy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18648-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-18647-9Published: 29 November 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-18650-9Published: 30 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-18648-6Published: 28 November 2022
Series ISSN: 2662-4478
Series E-ISSN: 2662-4486
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 345
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Cultural Economics, Cultural Studies, Arts