Innovations in the Modern Arts and Sciences, livre ebook

Reveals how socio-economic changes between the 17th and 19th centuries reshaped innovation, problem selection, and outcome evaluation in both arts and sciences;

Introduces a novel institutional‑change framework that explains how innovations become embedded across diverse artistic and scientific domains;

Bridges sociology, history of art and science using cross-disciplinary case studies.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

This book explores how lasting forms of change take shape in the modern arts and sciences, which became organized as fields that valued originality and continual innovation between the 17th and 19th centuries.

Using comparative case studies, the authors show how certain artistic and scientific contributions become established as innovations – shifting the aims, methods and everyday practices of creative practitioners over time.

Bridging history and sociology, this book offers valuable insight into how innovations emerge, gain traction and ultimately reshape the fields in which they develop. It is an essential resource for scholars interested in the processes that drive long-term change in creative and knowledge-producing communities.

1. Introduction

2. The Institutionalization of the Modern Arts and Sciences as Novelty-Driven Fields

3. Varieties of Innovation and Change in Novelty-Driven Fields

4. The Social Contexts of Innovation Development in the Modern Arts and Sciences

5. Developing Different Kinds of Innovations in Different Art and Science Worlds

6. Developing Innovations in Changing Art Worlds and Science Worlds