... end the art of the past is being mystified because a privileged minority is striving to invent a history which can retrospectively justify the role of the ruling classes, and such a justification can no longer make sense in modern terms"(Berger 11). This quote from the first chapter of "The Ways of Seeing" perfectly captures Berger's stance on Art elitism in ... in his essay, Berger states that "Mystification is the process of explaining away what might otherwise be evident" (Berger 15-16). What is obvious to the eye and sensibility is often dismissed, and a deeper meaning is sought aft...

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