{"product_id":"book-doah","title":"The Death of the Artist","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49369955369264,"sku":"BDdoah","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/doah-cover.jpg?v=1761362183","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-doah","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}