Galenson Old Masters and Young Geniuses

The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3739-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

David W. Galenson is a professor in the Department of Economics and the College at the University of Chicago, and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is the author of several books, including Painting Outside the Lines: Patterns of Creativity in Modern Art.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Galenson, David W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations and Tables ix

Preface xi

INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER 1: Theory 4

Experimental and Conceptual Innovators 4

Archetypes 5

Planning, Working, and Stopping 11

Innovation and Age: Old Masters and Young Geniuses 14

Artists, Scholars, and Art Scholars 15

CHAPTER 2: Measurement 21

Quantifying Artistic Success 21

Prices 21

Textbook Illustrations 25

Examples: Ten Important Modern Painters 27

Retrospective Exhibitions 33

Examples: Ten Important American Painters 35

Museum Collections 40

Museum Exhibition 42

Measuring Careers 44

CHAPTER 3: Extensions 47

The Spectrum of Approaches 47

Can Artists Change? 56

Anomalies 61

CHAPTER 4: Implications 67

Masters and Masterpieces 67

The Impressionists'Challenge to the Salon 71

Masterpieces without Masters 73

Contrasting Careers 80

Conflicts 82

The Globalization of Modern Art 86

CHAPTER 5: Before Modern Art 94

CHAPTER 6: Beyond Painting 111

Sculptors 111

Poets 122

Novelists 134

Movie Directors 149

CHAPTER 7: Perspectives 162

Portraits of the Artist as an Experimental or Conceptual Innovator 162

Portraits of the Artist as a Young or Old Innovator 166

Psychologists on the Life Cycles of Creativity 171

Understanding and Increasing Creativity 177

Seekers and Finders 185

Notes 187

Bibliography 207

Index 223

Über Autor(innen)

David W. Galenson is a professor in the Department of Economics and the College at the University of Chicago, and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is the author of several books, including Painting Outside the Lines: Patterns of Creativity in Modern Art.