The Love Of Art

By examining the social conditions of museum practices, this book shows that cultivated taste is not a natural gift but a socially inculcated disposition which ... » 

By examining the social conditions of museum practices, this book shows that cultivated taste is not a natural gift but a socially inculcated disposition which is distributed unevenly, and which predisposes some to distinguish themselves through their love of art, while others are deprived of it. «