Reinold Widemann Artists' conceptions of money

money art and artificial money

In this book eighty money-artists are presented. In the past some old masters and modern ones used to make money the subject of their works of art. Beside using money as a source of inspiration, they expressed their views on the meaning of money in their artworks as well. Nowadays a growing number of contemporary artists are producing art in which they critically comment on the meaning of money in our present financialized society. Their artistic comments are useful eye-openers to reconsider the...

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Engels | 185 pagina's (PDF, 7,3 MB) | Aspekt Publishers, Soesterberg | 2018

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Reinold Widemann Money is a mind thing

Money was a mind thing long before certain goods were used as money and coins started circulating. As it happens money isn't a thing, but an idea, an idea of debt. What we generally take for money, are merely symbols of this idea of money. In this book a reader accompanies the author on a tour along various ideas on value man had from the beginning of time. The result is a colourful description of the historical development of ideas on money and values from ancient history to our present time. Reinold...

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Engels | 300 pagina's (PDF) | Uitgeverij Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2022

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