The Lost Leonardo's Connection on Arts, Monetary Value, and Politics

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The film 'The Lost Leonardo' highlights several critical issues in the world of arts. For instance, the film connects artistic culture, monetary value, and global politics. These connections are essential given the close relationship between politics and art and the broader social implication of art on society. Within these connections is the problem of authenticity and inauthenticity. If art can influence global politics and monetary value, then its authenticity, or lack of it thereof, is essential. In this case, as utilized in the film, the technology faces a question of its ability to verify the two definitions. Thus, these connections inform the basis of the current research project. Below is a list of sources that will help in a further interrogation into these connections and how they interact with technology as a means to verify legitimacy.
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Lee, Rawon, et al. "Economic growth and the arts: A macroeconomic study." Journal of Cogent Business & Management (2020). /doi/full/10.1080/23311975.2020.1807203.
In the article, the authors talk about the impact of art on the economy because the authors premise that there is not enough evidence to support this assertion. Study outcomes indicate that arts activities enhance economic growth at the national and international levels. It allows people to connect with nature, be imaginative, and be innovative as means towards economic growth and development. The influence of art on the economy is essential for the current because it establishes the link or connection between art and money or the financial system. Based on the link, the current study investigates the intersection between culture, money value, and global politics.
Balaž, Violeta Vojvodić . "Monetary Symbolism: Art as a Deposit of Value." AM Journal of Art and Media Studies (2019). DOI:10.25038/am.v0i20.333
In the article, the authors premise that money, as a unit of account, a deposit of value, and a medium of exchange, has evolved from grain, precious metal, paper to digital accounting. However, it has also turned to art (besides precious metals like gold and diamond) as a money deposit. In other words, art functions as a deposit of financial and even cultural value. Art is an essential commodity to keep financial value in a global economic system often marred with depressions and recessions. The authors establish that it is increasingly a monetary symbol in a world that may face financial collapse, recession, or situations where paper money may lose value. The article is essential to the current study because it explains the link between artistic culture and money value.
Baranello, Adriana M. "Money Laundering and The Art Market: Closing the Gap." SHU (2021): 695-737. https://scholarship.shu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1195&context=shlj.
In this article, the author links the controversy of the Salvatore Mundi painting depicted in the film The Lost Leonardo and the global problem of money laundering. The author argues that the excited, elaborate, and targeted marketing of the Salvatore Mundi painting had connections with a money-laundering scheme. This article is essential to the current research project because it expands on the influence of art as a tool in dark or secret financial dealings. The authors also observe that money laundering through art has been used to channel funds into terror activities or upset regional or national politics. Thus, the source is essential because it also links global politics and artistic culture.
Burroughs, Timothy E. "US and EU Efforts to Combat International Money Laundering in the Art Market are no Masterpiece." Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 52(5) (2019).
The authors premise that while there is no significant or tangible evidence of money laundering in the art world, the US and the EU have recently tightened restrictions in the sector, indicating that there are loopholes. The authors argue that the art market is not sufficiently regulated. The new laws are supposed to address some existing problems, including the secrecy of affairs in the sector. While investigating the efficacy of the new regulations, the authors highlight some crucial areas in which art shapes the financial market and how issues like corruption are thriving through art as a means to get money or loans.
Demirel, Irfan Nihan and Osman Altintas. "Relationship between art and politics." Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 51(2012): 444 – 448.
In this study, the authors conducted a semi-structured interview with individuals who have dealt in the world of politics and art to establish the link between the two domains. Resul...