The Industrial Revolution In Europe In The 1800's

Private systems of art dealership have changed dramatically since their inception in Babylonian times (Shubik, Martin 2003). This essay will discuss one of the major changes that occurred during the industrial revolution in Europe in the 1800 's. I will be discussing what the role of an art dealer is, how the modern art dealership system arose and how the industrial revolution influenced the role of private art dealership systems in two ways. Firstly, it created a new middle class that had more expendable income which to spend on art. Secondly it generated pro-industrial revolution and anti-industrial revolution art movements. These changes increased the demand for art dealers, resulting in their specialisation, and shaped the system of modern
Thus increasing the need for art dealers. In addition, the industrial revolution diversified art movements in response to pro- or anti-industrial ideals, which resulted in the specialisation of art dealers. As a consequence, there are approximately 29,200 art dealing institutions in the US (Shubik, Martin 2003). Moreover, there are now 5 different types of modern art dealers: souvenir merchants, artist dealers, collector-conneisseur dealers, amateur dealers and businessmen dealers utilising their own expertise (Shubik, Martin 2003). Thus the industrial revolution has influenced and helped to form the system of private art dealership as it is
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