Art App Presentation
Art App Presentation
Presented by:
• Cuntapay
• Mertillano
• Palma
A PARADOXICAL
DISTINCTION
HOWEVER, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix are
SUCCESSFUL AND IMPORTANT examples of art.
THUS WE CANNOT EQUATE HIGH ART WITH GOOD ART AND
LOW ART WITH BAD ART.
HERBERT GANS- 5 Taste Cultures:
1. High culture
2. Upper-middle culture
3. Lower-middle culture
4. Low culture
5. Quasi-folk low culture
A PARADOXICAL
DISTINCTION
KRISTELLER- 18th century thinkers grouped the
arts together: painting, sculpture,
architecture, music and poetry
LEVINE AND NOVITS- 20th century distinction of
art is bias however, art can be rank into higher
and lower art
A PARADOXICAL
DISTINCTION
KAPLAN (1972) ON POPULAR ART: familiar
forms, an intolerance of ambiguity, a tendency
toward easiness and emotional indulgence.
Tolerant Hierarchical
Intolerant Hierarchicalism