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Defining Art. From the Brancusi Trial to the Economics of Artistic Semiotic Goods
[Définir l'art. Du procès Brancusi à l'économie des biens artistiques sémiotiques]

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  • Christian Barrère

    (REGARDS - Recherches en Économie Gestion AgroRessources Durabilité Santé- EA 6292 - URCA - Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne - MSH-URCA - Maison des Sciences Humaines de Champagne-Ardenne - URCA - Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne)

  • Walter Santagata

    (CRG - Centre de recherche en gestion - X - École polytechnique - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

The special nature of the artistic and cultural goods is commonly stressed in inquiries into the art market failure. Though the artistic goods are not quite defined, their special character is used as a rationale for art policies. The paper try to theoretically found them. In the first section we introduce the concept of artistic goods as a class of the semiotic goods, that is goods bearers of an aesthetic sign acknowledged in a specific cultural context. The second section relates the semiotic nature of art to three models of organization and regulation of the artistic field, namely the model based on institutions and hierarchies, the gift model and the market model.

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  • Christian Barrère & Walter Santagata, 1999. "Defining Art. From the Brancusi Trial to the Economics of Artistic Semiotic Goods [Définir l'art. Du procès Brancusi à l'économie des biens artistiques sémiotiques]," Post-Print hal-02615557, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02615557
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    1. Federica Codignola & Paolo Mariani, 2022. "Investigating preferences in art collecting: the case of the François Pinault Collection," Italian Journal of Marketing, Springer, vol. 2022(1), pages 107-133, March.
    2. Santagata Walter, 2002. "Some effect of creativity on fashion market behavior," EBLA Working Papers 200205, University of Turin.

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