"Jim Phelps" wrote in message
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Regardless of text books and teachings (they are not always correct as
they are not always current), I believe the definition of art is made by
the viewing population at large. [...]

If the public defines what is art, then the marketplace is the rule, and if
that is true then the plethora of calendar images, Elvis-on-Velvet, and
Sponge Bob Square Pants is high art.

See how foolish that is?

'Art', for better or worse, is determined by scholars, curators, critics
(real critics, not popular opinion spewers), and historians.