Artists, Patrons, and the Public: Why Culture Changes

Artists, Patrons, and the Public: Why Culture Changes





Barry Lord and Gail Dexter Lord focus their two lifetimes of international experience working in the cultural sector on the challenging questions of why and how culture changes. The answer is a dynamic and fascinating discourse that sets aesthetic culture in its material, physical, social, and political context, illuminating the primary role of the artist and the essential role of patronage in supporting the artist, from our ancient origins to the knowledge economy culture of today.









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Prospect: The Journal of an Artist





Based upon journals she wrote at the age of seventy, the author's reflections on her life as an artist, mother, grandmother, and teacher provide a poignant recollection of home, friends, and the things that inspired her as an artist. 10,000 first printing.









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