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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226752135

ISBN-139780226752136

eBay Product ID (ePID)95087

Product Key Features

Book TitleArt and Money

Number of Pages230 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicBusiness Aspects, Criticism & Theory

Publication Year1995

IllustratorYes

GenreArt

AuthorMarc Shell

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height2 in

Item Weight29 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN93-029238

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal701.03

Table Of ContentList 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

SynopsisIn 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 a study of money and exchange as an artistic "theme." It is also not a study of economics as a context for the history of art. Rather, it is a path-breaking exploration of the internal logic the set of meanings and values common to both money and art. "Art & Money" provides striking insight into current matters of art collection, counterfeiting, and problems of attribution, into the general relation between word and image, and into controversies over taxation and crises or scandals in the financial world. Shell's historical range is immense, and he fills this study with amusing anecdotes and insights ranging from the relic of the Holy Foreskin to the state's arrest of J. S. G. Boggs, a conceptual artist who draws money. Illustrated with over one hundred halftones and eight color plates, this stunning volume will force a rethinking of our old presumptions about where money ends and art begins.", 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 a study of money and exchange as an artistic "theme." It is also not a study of economics as a context for the history of art. Rather, it is a path-breaking exploration of the internal logic--the set of meanings and values--common to both money and art. Art & Money provides striking insight into current matters of art collection, counterfeiting, and problems of attribution, into the general relation between word and image, and into controversies over taxation and crises or scandals in the financial world. Shell's historical range is immense, and he fills this study with amusing anecdotes and insights ranging from the relic of the Holy Foreskin to the state's arrest of J. S. G. Boggs, a conceptual artist who draws money. Illustrated with over one hundred halftones and eight color plates, this stunning volume will force a rethinking of our old presumptions about where money ends and art begins.

LC Classification NumberN8600.S53 1995