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Prophets, Paupers or Professionals? - A Social History of Everyday Visual Artists in Modern Germany, 1850-present (Paperback)
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Prophets, Paupers or Professionals? - A Social History of Everyday Visual Artists in Modern Germany, 1850-present (Paperback)
Series: German Linguistic and Cultural Studies, 12
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How did German visual artists relate to the broader society around
them between the invention of the artist as « genius and visionary,
in the Romantic era of the nineteenth century, and the struggle to
overcome pauperization and social marginalization through
collective professionalization during much of the twentieth? The
collective - if not always agreed - aspirations and expectations of
artists in this long period are best reflected in the schools and
academies that came to dominate their education, in their
professional associations, and their strategies of marketing and
economic well-being. Like members of other German learned
professions, visual artists struggled to achieve autonomy from
state, church, and other powerful social and economic forces while
also raising and maintaining ever-evolving professional standards.
Like other professions, they were forced also to make compromises
with power and money, losing many battles in the process. The
subjectivity of values surrounding art, the de facto economic
status of artists as small entrepreneurs unable or unwilling to
submit fully to corporate, bureaucratic, or union organization, and
the practical inability to limit their numbers all conspired to
undermine fully successful professionalization. By bringing the
tools of social history to bear, this book sheds rare illumination
on the little-known history of the many « everyday German artists,
rather than on the better-known works of the few.
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