Research Catalog
Artistic capital
- Title
- Artistic capital / David W. Galenson.
- Author
- Galenson, David W.
- Publication
- New York ; London : Routledge, 2006.
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- Description
- xiii, 290 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "At what stage of their careers do great artists produce their most important work? In a series of studies that bring new insights and new dimensions to the study of artistic creativity, Artistic Capital examines the careers of more than 100 modern painters, poets, and novelists to reveal a powerful relationship between age and artistic creativity."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-280) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Quantifying artistic success : ranking French painters - and paintings - from impressionism to cubism -- 2. Measuring masters and masterpieces : French rankings of French painters and paintings from realism to surrealism -- 3. Was Jackson Pollock the greatest modern American painter? : a quantitative investigation -- 4. The New York School vs. the School of Paris : who really made the most important art after World War II? -- 5. The market evaluation of fine art : the case of modern painting -- 6. The life cycles of modern artists -- 7. Masterpieces and markets : why the most famous modern paintings are not by American artists -- 8. The reappearing masterpiece : ranking American artists and art works of the late twentieth century -- 9. Literary life cycles : measuring the careers of modern American poets -- 10. A portrait of the artist as a young or old innovator : measuring the careers of modern novelists -- 11. A portrait of the artist as a very young or very old innovator : creativity at the extremes of the life cycle.
- ISBN
- 0415701716 (pbk.)
- 0415701708 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2005009580
- 9780415701716 (pbk.)
- 9780415701709 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- ocm58843175
- SCSB-5927747
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries