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Entitled: Discriminating Tastes and the Expansion of the Arts
An in-depth look at how democratic values have widened the American arts scene, even as it remains elite and cosmopolitan Two centuries ago, wealthy entrepreneurs founded the American cathedrals of culturemuseums, theater companies, and symphony orchestrasto mirror European art. But todays American arts scene has widened to embrace multitudes: photography, design, comics, graffiti, jazz, and many other forms of folk, vernacular, and popular culture. What led to this dramatic expansion? In Read more