{"product_id":"the-death-of-the-artist-how-creators-are-struggling-to-survive-in-the-age-of-billionaires-and-big-tech-paperback","title":"The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Deresiewicz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deeply researched warning about how the digital economy threatens \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eartists' lives and work--the music, writing, and visual art that sustain our \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003esouls and societies--from an award-winning essayist and critic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are two stories you hear about earning a living as an artist in the digital age. One comes from Silicon Valley. There's never been a better time to be an artist, it goes. If you've got a laptop, you've got a recording studio. If you've got an iPhone, you've got a movie camera. And if production is cheap, distribution is free: it's called the Internet. Everyone's an artist; just tap your creativity and put your stuff out there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe other comes from artists themselves. Sure, it goes, you can put your stuff out there, but who's going to pay you for it? Everyone is \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e an artist. Making art takes years of dedication, and that requires a means of support. If things don't change, a lot of art will cease to be sustainable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo which account is true? Since people \u003ci\u003eare\u003c\/i\u003e still making a living as artists today, how are they managing to do it? William Deresiewicz, a leading critic of the arts and of contemporary culture, set out to answer those questions. Based on interviews with artists of all kinds, \u003ci\u003eThe Death of the Artist\u003c\/i\u003e argues that we are in the midst of an epochal transformation. If artists were artisans in the Renaissance, bohemians in the nineteenth century, and professionals in the twentieth, a new paradigm is emerging in the digital age, one that is changing our fundamental ideas about the nature of art and the role of the artist in society.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Deresiewicz\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning essayist and critic, frequent speaker at colleges and other venues, and former professor of English at Yale. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003ethe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. He is the recipient of a National Book Critics Circle award for excellence in reviewing and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eExcellent Sheep \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Jane Austen Education\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767479238944,"sku":"9781250798794","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a9689230488c2aa28b2cf7db12592416.webp?v=1780312198","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-death-of-the-artist-how-creators-are-struggling-to-survive-in-the-age-of-billionaires-and-big-tech-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}