Art world

An art world is comprised of all the people involved in the production, commission, preservation, promotion, criticism, and sale of art. Howard S. Becker coined the term, and describes it as "the network of people whose cooperative activity, organized via their joint knowledge of conventional means of doing things, produce(s) the kind of art works that art world is noted for." (Becker, 1982, p. x)

Related Topics:
Criticism - Art - Howard S. Becker - 1982

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Simon Frith (1996) describes three art worlds present in the music industry: the art music world, the folk music world, and the commercial music world. Timothy Taylor (2004) associates these worlds with three popular music genres: rock and roll, hip-hop music, and pop music, respectively.

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Simon Frith - 1996 - Music industry - Folk music - 2004 - Popular music - Genre - Rock and roll - Hip-hop music - Pop music

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