Painting--Economic aspects--Italy--17th century
Preface / Richard E. Spear -- Introduction / Philip Sohm -- Artistic Value: The Ethics and Psychology of Money -- Demography, Chronology, and Geography -- Market Value: Gifting, Negotiation, and Adjudication -- Wages, Salaries, and Prices -- Conclusion -- 1. Rome: Setting the Stage / Richard E. Spear -- Economic Conditions -- The Numbers and Varieties of Painters -- Big Business: Pietro da Cortona -- The Costs of Painting -- Other History Painters -- The Genres -- The Bottom Line -- 2. Naples / Christopher R. Marshall -- Introduction: The Industry of Neapolitan Baroque Painting, from Small Fry to Big Fish -- Raising the Curtain: Demographics, Population, Construction, and Artistic Migration -- Attitudes to Painting in Baroque Naples -- Neapolitan Currency: Economic Background and Foreign Exchange -- Public Commissions and the Impact of Foreign Labor -- Cost of Living, Salaries, and Dowries -- The Price of Painting -- Price Limits and the Power of the Patron -- Conclusion: Swimming Upstream or Mid-level Specialization and the Small Fry Once More -- 3. Bologna / Raffaella Morselli -- Social Background of the Bolognese Community -- The Artist's Career -- Contracts and Payments -- Conclusion -- 4. Florence / Elena Fumagalli -- The Painter's Life -- Earning "by day, or by appraisal, or on salary" -- Non-Florentines -- Mural Painting -- 5. Venice / Philip Sohm -- Introduction: Demographics and Currencies -- Rhetoric of Decline: Perceptions and Reality -- Art and Commerce -- Socio-economic Status -- Supply and Demand -- Setting Prices -- Appendices -- 1. Big Oil Paintings in Churches and Public Buildings: Venice and the Veneto, 1550-1750 -- 2. Rents, 1650-1750 -- 3. Residences by Parish -- 6. Five Industrious Cities / Renata Ago -- The Economic Circumstances of the Five Cities -- Cost of Living -- Social Stratification: The Middle Classes -- Professional Associations -- Urban Classes, Economic Conditions, and Patrimony -- Home Economics of the Pater Familias -- Urban Resources -- Prestige and Social Climbing -- 7. The Painting Industry in Early Modern Italy / Richard A. Goldthwaite -- Divers Perspectives and Misdirected Initiatives -- Growth and Development of the Industry -- Transformation of the Market -- Prices, Profits, and Productivity -- Culture in the Marketplace.
Art and society--Italy--History--17th century
Painters--Italy--Economic conditions--17th century
Painters--Italy--Social conditions--17th century