Does anyone know of any artwork depicting the marketplace? (Particularly, paintings. Not so much photos.)
To paraphrase Marc Faber: We're all doomed, but that doesn't mean that we can't make money in the process. Rabbi Lapin: "Let's make bricks!" Stephan Kinsella: "Say you and I both want to make a German chocolate cake."
One. Just kidding. I do like this painting. It seems peaceful to me.
"No person is so grand or wise or perfect as to be the master of another person." ~ Karl Hess
"look, property is theft, right? Therefore theft is property. Therefore this ship is mine, OK?" ~Zaphod Beeblebrox
Nice! What is the source?
Painting by Dominik Skutecky.
I cannot find it in better resolution.
Found this at Deviantart.com:
Would this count:
Freedom has always been the only route to progress.
Where there is no property there is no justice; a proposition as certain as any demonstration in Euclid
Fools! not to see that what they madly desire would be a calamity to them as no hands but their own could bring
I could probably check my books and find Greek vases or Persian art of market activity if you want.
Canaletto's Piazza San Marco: Looking South-East "which in one scene portrays commerce, society, freedom, individualism, civilization, civility, and intellect." (quote from Libertarian Papers)
Government Explained 2: The Special Piece of Paper
Law without Government
That would be awesome.
I thought men hated women and didn't let them leave the house. Looks like there were women with jobs in sales and negotiation before feminism.
nirgrahamUK:
Not a painting, but there was a scene in the first Ghost in the Shell movie where a cop (Batou) is chasing a computer hacker. Batou follows him on some rooftops to a marketplace area that was in like a courtyard below. First you see it high up, then down below when Batou walks through looking for the hacker.
There's another rather wonderful scene in the same movie, where the main theme plays and it shows different areas of urban Tokyo where there's a lot of economic activity.
I don't know what it is...I guess I just like seeing normal people interact like that. There's a kind of placid glory in its familiarity.
EDIT::
Here's the video of the first scene I mentioned. Check out 4:50 to around 6:10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7X4Pw0cwgU
Much to my surprise, I have been having the damndest time finding ancient Hellenistic or Persian art depicting direct market activity. I could have sworn I've seen some. Hopefully I'll be able to find something though I don't know how long it will take.
Not really, but I figured I could look up some.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8_ENa7sVpug/TJN2uyWE1PI/AAAAAAAAPC4/hh9cMpNgQIE/s1600/Pazar+Yeri+5.jpg
Jan Brueghel the Elder "A Country Market":