IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/elt/journl/v84y2017i334p463-487.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

¿Dinero o trascendencia? La frivolidad del arte durante el Rococó

Author

Listed:
  • Ponzio de León, Carlos Alejandro

    (Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica)

Abstract

Background. During the 18th century, a distinctive art style emerged, the Rococo, expression of frivolity and connoisseur taste, where little advances were made in the visual realm. The main objective of this paper is to present a theoretical model that relates royal patronage with artist’s creativity. Methods. This paper presents a theoretical model on the interaction between artists and gallerists of the 18th century, and it allows to study the optimal level of creativity applied by artists to their works. Results. The model predicts a positive relationship between royal patronage and creativity. Conclusions. The death of King Louis XIV and the consequent reduction in royal patronage could explain the decline, documented by art historians, in the level of complexity of art works produced during the Rococo period.// Antecedentes. Durante el siglo XVIII surgió un estilo distintivo de arte, el Rococó, expresión de frivolidad y juicio “conocedor”, donde hubo pocos avances en materia visual. El principal objetivo de este trabajo es establecer un modelo teórico que relacione la caída en el mecenazgo real para las artes con una disminución en la creatividad impregnada a las obras. Métodos. Se presenta un modelo teórico sobre la interacción entre artistas plásticos y galeristas del siglo XVIII, el cual permite estudiar el nivel de creatividad óptimo que los artistas impregnaban a sus obras de arte. Resultado. El modelo predice una relación positiva entre patronazgo real y nivel de creatividad. Conclusiones. La muerte del Rey Luis XIV y la consecuente reducción en el mecenazgo real podrían explicar la caída, documentada por los historiadores del arte, en el nivel de complejidad de las obras producidas durante el periodo Rococó.

Suggested Citation

  • Ponzio de León, Carlos Alejandro, 2017. "¿Dinero o trascendencia? La frivolidad del arte durante el Rococó," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(334), pages .463-487, abril-jun.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:84:y:2017:i:334:p:463-487
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v84i334.308
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.eltrimestreeconomico.com.mx/index.php/te/article/view/308/246
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://libkey.io/http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v84i334.308?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    contrato; mercado de arte; creatividad; Rococó; grandes maestros de la pintura;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D46 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Value Theory
    • N84 - Economic History - - Micro-Business History - - - Europe: 1913-
    • Z11 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economics of the Arts and Literature

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:84:y:2017:i:334:p:463-487. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Nuria Pliego Vinageras (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.fondodeculturaeconomica.com/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.