Download or read book Why are Artists Poor written by Hans Abbing and published by Peterson's. This book was released on 2002 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unconventional socio-economic analysis of the economic position of the arts and artists

Download or read book The Art of the Poor written by and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of art in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance has generally been written as a story of elites: bankers, noblemen, kings, cardinals, and popes and their artistic interests and commissions. Recent decades have seen attempts to recast the story in terms of material culture, but the focus seems to remain on the upper strata of society. In his inclusive analysis of art from 1300 to 1600, Rembrandt Duits rectifies this. Bringing together thought-provoking ideas from art historians, historians, anthropologists and museum curators, The Art of the Poor examines the role of art in the lower social classes of Europe and explores how this influences our understanding of medieval and early modern society. Introducing new themes and raising innovative research questions through a series of thematically grouped short case studies, this book gives impetus to a new field on the cusp of art history, social history, urban archaeology, and historical anthropology. In doing so, this important study helps us re-assess the very concept of 'art' and its function in society.

Download or read book Cybernetics of the Poor written by Diedrich Diederichsen and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the relationship between art and cybernetics and their intersections, with works that use the powerlessness of art. Cybernetics of the Poor examines the relationship between art and cybernetics and their intersections in the past and present. From the late 1940s on, the term cybernetics began to be used to describe self-regulating systems that measure, anticipate, and react in order to intervene in changing conditions. Initially relevant mostly in the fields of administration, planning, criminology, and early ecology, under digital capitalism cybernetics has since become an economic factor (particularly in the realm of big data). In such a cybernetic totality, art must respond to a new situation: a cybernetics of the poor. Cybernetics of the Poor presents work that uses the powerlessness of art--its poverty--vis-à-vis the cybernetic machine to propose countermodels: work that is both recent and historical by artists who believed in cybernetics as a participatory, playful practice or were pioneers in delineating a counter-cybernetics. How much of what Thomas Pynchon termed "counterforce" exists within art when it is conceived as a cybernetics of the poor?

Download or read book The Art of Freedom Teaching the Humanities to the Poor written by Earl Shorris and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-02-18 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the author's observations of circumstances reflected in a maximum-security prison and subsequent launch of a humanities college course for dropouts, immigrants and former inmates who eventually became high-achieving contributors to society.

Download or read book Poverty written by Working Group on Poverty: Access and Participation in the Arts and published by Combat Poverty Agency. This book was released on 1997 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Poor Man s Feast written by Elissa Altman and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engaging memoir, Elissa Altman, author of the popular Poor Man's Feast blog, chronicles her lifelong relationship with all things culinary, and the transformation she experiences -- from culinary trend-aholic to a champion of simplicity -- when she finally finds love. Short chapters sprinkled with recipes show that living and eating well are much simpler than we might think --

Download or read book A Poor Collector s Guide to Buying Great Art written by Erling Kagge and published by Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you always wanted to know about the art market but were afraid to ask. A pioneering collector explains how to use passion and intuition to acquire key pieces or build a collection--even on a limited budget.

Download or read book COLLECTION FOR THE POOR COLLECTOR written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Van Gogh and Money written by Liesbeth Heenk and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Van Gogh: a poor Artist? Van Gogh and Money focuses on Vincent's financial situation. Known as the ultimate embodiment of the notion of the "poor artist", Vincent was largely unable to sell his work during his lifetime. The letters between Vincent and his brother Theo tell of an eternal lack of money, and the difficulties this created when it came to practising his art. Paint, canvases and models were, as he discovered, not cheap. He was, however, more than happy to sacrifice his physical wellbeing in the interest of producing his masterpieces. Van Gogh and Money follows Vincent during two critical periods of his artistic career, his time spent in The Hague and Arles. At both stages, he was supported by his brother Theo, who sent him a monthly allowance that never seemed sufficient. This dependency on his brother caused Vincent immense guilt. From his letters we get a good insight into Vincent's financial affairs, since the brothers' correspondence often touched on the subject of money. This book presents a more nuanced view of Vincent as the impoverished artist, as Van Gogh was in fact in a rather fortunate position compared to many of his peers. Regardless of the actual amount of money he received from his brother, it becomes clear that Vincent was poor in the light of his ambition. By reading this publication, we hope that you will be able to better appreciate and understand Vincent's work by shedding light on the man behind the iconic paintings. Van Gogh and Money combines enlightening quotations from archival material with an entertaining and easy-to-read format, staying clear of jargon. Van Gogh and Money is part of the series Secrets of Van Gogh (www.secretsofvangogh.com) Secrets of Van Gogh 1: The 1-Hour Van Gogh Book Secrets of Van Gogh 2: Van Gogh's Inner Struggle: Life, Work and Mental Illness Secrets of Van Gogh 3: Van Gogh Today - Short Stories Secrets of Van Gogh 4: Van Gogh and Love Secrets of Van Gogh 5: Van Gogh and Money

Download or read book Why was this Not Given to the Poor written by Abigail A. Woolley and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis works toward an answer to the question, "Should resources be devoted to the arts despite the persistence of poverty in the world?" This question is a perennial one, but it straddles disciplines to such an extent that little work has been done to answer the question systematically. The answer to this question depends on developing a theological framework for the callings of Christians that establishes a clear role for both art and care for the poor, so that judgments can be made regarding priorities in different circumstances. To this end, chapter one begins by laying out a framework for humans' intended activities on the basis of their purposeful creation by God. The theological tradition that contributes the most helpful answers to this question is Dutch Neo-Calvinism of the nineteenth century. The chapter lays out the tasks associated with "general calling" and "special calling," and it establishes the significance of Sabbath rest on the basis of the intrinsic worth of creation and human life as created by God. Chapter two then seeks to establish a place for art within this picture of humans' tasks on earth, by developing a definition based on approaches to art throughout history. Key thinkers in this chapter are twentieth-century successors of the Dutch Neo-Calvinists, who emphasize the "expansiveness" of art and, I argue, identify art mostly closely with a theology of Sabbath. The chapter also suggests boundaries for art's proper use, by investigating medieval classifications of gluttony. It concludes that art is necessary but must honor certain principles for right use. Chapter three then turns to the problem of poverty, aiming to discover the place that care for the poor should occupy in a person's life. It evaluates the causes of poverty according to both economists and a theology of the Fall and seeks to reconcile the experience of scarcity with a theology of abundance. It concludes that care for the poor is commanded and may require sacrifice but is not as simple as mere sacrifice. Chapter four explores the relationship between art and care for the poor, suggesting that the relationship is parallel to that between the meaning-oriented Sabbath and the productivity-oriented work week. It interacts with three pericopes in the Gospels in which Christ establishes priorities in circumstances when service and worship seem to be in conflict. It concludes that all meaning-oriented activity cannot be sacrificed for further productivity, even for the good of humanity, without undermining the good of humanity itself. Art develops our perception of value, which is necessary in order to care for the poor in a truly honoring way.

Download or read book Poor People s Art written by Christian Viveros-Fauné and published by . This book was released on 2023-01-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poor People's Art: A (Short) Visual History of Poverty in the United States presents a social history of the experience of underrepresented and underserved communities in the US since 1968. Individually and collectively, the artists included in Poor People's Art tell a story of intersecting injustices of race, class, immigration status, healthcare systems, food insecurity, and gender issues. Poor People's Art is curated by Christian Viveros-Fauné, CAM Curator-at-Large; organized by the USF Contemporary Art Museum; and supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Download or read book Disciplining the Poor written by Joe Soss and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume lays out the underlying logic of contemporary poverty governance in the United States. The authors argue that poverty governance has been transformed in the United States by two significant developments.

Download or read book Riches for the Poor written by Earl Shorris and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking work, Shorris examines the nature of poverty in America today--addressing such issues as why people are poor and why they stay poor--and offers a unique solution to the problem. Print features.

Download or read book The Arts and the Poor written by Judith Murphy and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Poor Dancer s Almanac written by David R. White and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing Life and Work in the Performing Arts.This book is an essential tool and source of inspiration for all independent artists--choreographers, performance artists, dancers, producers, and managers. This handbook has come to serve as one of of the most crucial references for the arts community.

Download or read book Simple Times written by Amy Sedaris and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling craft guide that inspired the hit new TV show, At Home With Amy Sedaris It's often been said that ugly people craft and attractive people have sex. In Simple Times, Amy Sedaris sets the record straight and delivers a book that will forever change the world of crafting. Demonstrating that crafting is one of life's more pleasurable and constructive leisure activities, Sedaris shows that anyone with a couple of hours to kill and access to pipe cleaners can join the elite society of crafters. You will discover how to make popular crafts such as Pompom Ringworms and Seashell Toilet Seat Covers, all while avoiding the most common crafting accidents (sawdust fires, feather asphyxia, pine cone lodged in throat). You will cook your own edible crafts, from a Crafty Candle Salad to Sugar Skulls, with many more recipes and craft ideas that will inspire you to create your very own hastily constructed obscure d'arts. Praise for Simple Times "Amy Sedaris is a kookier, kitschier version of Martha Stewart...Simple Times is an ideal gift for the crafter who has crafted everything." - Associated Press "A wildly cheeky guide." -- InStyle "For anyone who's ever collected hats crocheted together...or simply for fans of Amy Sedaris and her idiosyncratic sense of humor." -- New York Times Book Review

Download or read book The Poor Old Liberal Arts written by Robert Ignatius Gannon and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: