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Spectators as the Object of Display

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By designating and consecrating certain works of art or certain places (the museum as well as the church) as worthy of being visited, the authorities...can determine the level of visiting of which these works will seem intrinsically, or rather, naturally worthy of admiration and enjoyment.

 

Bourdieu and Darbel from The Love of Art: European Art Museums and their Public

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