About 80 results for ‘Amateur’
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Amateur
An amateur (French amateur "lover of", from Old French and ultimately from Latin amatorem nom. amator, "lover") is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training. Amateurism can be seen in both a negative and positive light. Since amateurs often do not have formal training, some amateur work may be considered sub-par. For example, amateur athletes in sports such as basketball, baseball or football are regarded as having a lower level of ability than professional athletes. On the other hand, an amateur may be in a position to approach a subject with an open mind (as a result of the lack of formal training) and in a financially disinterested manner. An amateur who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest, or who possesses a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge, is often referred to as a dilettante. The lack of financial benefit can also be seen as a sign of commitment to an activity; and until the 1970s the Olympic rules required that competitors be amateurs. Receiving payment to participate in an event disqualified an athlete from that event, as in the case of Jim Thorpe. In the Olympics, this rule remains in place for boxing. Many amateurs make valuable contributions in the field of computer programming through the open source movement (not to say that all contributors to open source are amateurs). Amateur dramatics is the performance of plays or musical theater, often to high standards, but lacking the budgets of professional West End or Broadway performances. Astronomy, history, linguistics, and the natural sciences are among the myriad fields that have benefited from the activities of amateurs. Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel were amateur scientists who never held a position in their field of study. The stigmatization of amateurs as fools for contributing to society simply for the love of it can be explained by the amateur’s non-conformity to the ideological structure of consumption (Goffman, 1963; Stebbins, 1992). Amateurs are serious about the work they do, providing outstanding examples of contributions to society (Stebbins, 1992). But whereas professionals obtain licenses as their “measurability of the excellence of service provided” (Stebbins, 1992, p. 21), amateurs break taboos by loving their work and not passing standardized tests. From here, it can be argued that, to the extent amateurs threaten the professional industry by providing free services, the professional industry has an interest in making its counterpart amateur activity shameful.
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- Artist(s):
- Albert André
L'escalier daru, au louvre
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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QUATRE HEURES, AU SALON, dit aussi FERMETURE DU SALON ANN...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Long gallery
- Man
- Museum
- Painting
- Paris
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Louis-Léopold Boilly
LES AMATEURS D'ESTAMPES
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dress
- Observation
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
LE SINGE ANTIQUAIRE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Caricature
- Monkey
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre-Victor Galland
Le visiteur
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Les amateurs de peinture, dit aussi Un peintre
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Fauteuil
- Folding screen
- Man
- Painting
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Hubert Robert
LA GRANDE GALERIE DU LOUVRE, ENTRE 1794 ET 1796
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Long gallery
- Museum
- Painting
- Paris
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Hubert Robert
LA SALLE DES SAISONS AU LOUVRE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Long gallery
- Museum
- Paris
- Statue
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- Date:
- 17th century
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Hubert Robert
VUE D'UNE SALLE DU MUSEE DES MONUMENTS FRANCAIS
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Long gallery
- Museum
- Paris
- Sculpture
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- Date:
- 18th century
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Hubert Robert
VUE DE LA GRANDE GALERIE DU LOUVRE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Long gallery
- Museum
- Painting
- Paris
- Statue
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Hubert Robert
UNE GALERIE DE MUSEE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Column
- Long gallery
- Museum
- Painting
- Sculpture
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- Date:
- 18th century
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Hubert Robert
PROJET D'AMENAGEMENT DE LA GRANDE GALERIE DU LOUVRE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Long gallery
- Museum
- Painting
- Paris
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Hubert Robert
PROJET D'AMENAGEMENT DE LA GRANDE GALERIE DU LOUVRE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Long gallery
- Museum
- Painting
- Paris
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- Date:
- 18th century
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INTERIEUR D'UNE GALERIE DE TABLEAUX ET D'OBJETS D'ART
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Art museum
- Dog
- Painting
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Gonzales Coques
REUNION DE FAMILLE DANS UN CABINET DE TABLEAUX ; DIT AUTR...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Intérieur d'église avec un sacristain désignant un tablea...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Retable
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Roger Fry
UNE SALLE DE LA SECONDE EXPOSITION POST-IMPRESSIONNISTE, ...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Art museum
- Man
- Painting
- Sculpture
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- Date:
- 20th century
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