Risks in Renaissance Art: Production, Purchase, and Reception

by Richard J. Zeckhauser and Jonathan K. Nelson

Book Overview

This Element represents the first systematic study of the risks borne by those who produced, commissioned, and purchased art, across Renaissance Europe. It employs a new methodology, built around concepts from risk analysis and decision theory. The Element classifies scores of documented examples of losses into 'production risks', which arise from the conception of a work of art until its final placement, and 'reception risks', when a patron, a buyer,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009402536
• ISBN13: 9781009402538
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"