Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Historical background
- 2 The population of painters and the split into subsystems
- 3 Patterns of success
- 4 The “gatekeepers” – critics
- 5 The “gatekeepers” – curators
- 6 The “gatekeepers” – gallery owners
- 7 The artists – attitudes of Conceptualists and Lyrical Abstractionists
- 8 The artists – attitudes of figurative painters
- 9 The publics
- 10 Conclusion
- Appendices
- Notes
- Index
- Titles in the series
Notes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Historical background
- 2 The population of painters and the split into subsystems
- 3 Patterns of success
- 4 The “gatekeepers” – critics
- 5 The “gatekeepers” – curators
- 6 The “gatekeepers” – gallery owners
- 7 The artists – attitudes of Conceptualists and Lyrical Abstractionists
- 8 The artists – attitudes of figurative painters
- 9 The publics
- 10 Conclusion
- Appendices
- Notes
- Index
- Titles in the series
Summary

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- Different WorldsA Sociological Study of Taste, Choice and Success in Art, pp. 197 - 204Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1989