Using the economic perspective; this exciting text offers an alternative view to sociological or art historic approaches to art. The issues discussed include: institutions from festivals to "superstar" museums; different means of supporting the arts; an investigation into art as an investment; and the various approaches applied when valuing our cultural properties. This text challenges widely held popular views and; once started; is difficult to put down.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Horrible Guide for architecture; more of a historyBy DirelI thought this was something else entirely. There is no style guide or architectural vocabulary. I got this for reference but all it has are pics of churches and their congregation history8 of 11 people found the following review helpful. An author responds to reviewsBy A CustomerAs the author of Americas Religious Architecture; I would like to thank Hollis Giammatteo for the thoughtful comments on the book. I would also like to suggest to the anonymous reviewer from Pittsburgh that she/he read a books preface and introduction before writing a review. Two errors to be noted: Bill Moyers did not write an introduction; and I am not the Director of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. I am the Director of the Center for the Documentation and Preservation of Places of Worship; and affiliate of the NCCJ; MN-Dakotas Region and adjunct faculty in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota. One last comment; as I noted in my preface; there are over 250;000 places of worship in the USA; I am quite sure I have around 249;500 of them angry at me for not including them in this book. I can only hope they will understand that the few represent the many.9 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Disappointment.By A CustomerIt is hard to determine what Americas Religious Architecture is supposed to be. The survey of religious buildings is idiosyncratic; to say the least. People who know a community likely will be puzzled why certain buildings were included; and other; better; candidates excluded. Many of the photographs are so poorly composed; exposed; or reproduced that they are useless for revealing architectural detail.I bought the book based on a flyer from Preservation Press implying it was an architectural reference; and returned it to .com beacuse it is unusable as such.My apologies to .com for the inconvenience.