What goes into the determination of art value? What differenciates an skilled amateur price from say something from Picasso – assuming the viewer doesn’t know the artist
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Well, I think art was a sentimental/emotional value and monetary value. Both are completely different imo.
In this case, you are referring to the monetary value.
In auctions and all of that, the price is set by the people buying it. If a certain artist is very well known and has a lot of popularity the price is obviously higher because it’s a business. Rich people are able to spend a shit ton of money on it so why wouldn’t the prices be extremely high?
And of course there’s the question of influence. Sometimes it’s not about skill, it’s about how revolutionary is work was at the time of execution. How much influence came from his work?
Some artist (or even composers) may be “better” or elevate their art skills when compared to the great masters, but master are masters because they set the standards and set new boundaries and expectations about art
Price of art in monetary terms is up to popularity and it can be even used as a staple of the owner’s status and all of that. But of course there’s a reason why said artist became popular.
I’m a musician, so sometimes we have the same question when faced with buying a CD: Why is Lang Lang’s CD more expensive that this other pianist that’s hyper skilled? Why does Lang Lang have more plays on Spotify that this other guy?
It’s not about emotional value or skill most of the times, it’s a question of popularity. The more extroverted and popular an artist is, more people will want to buy, see and experience it’s art. But usually there’s a reason why they became popular.
Art is not about beauty is about provoking emotions and feelings. So if somebody is popular, they definitely provoked a lot of emotions and feelings (being them good or bad)
Art value is set at the price people want go pay for it (auction -wise speaking). High search, high value.
EDIT: please let me know if I was clear. I don’t know if this answers the question at all
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