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We need only to think about why people consider certain works to be art and, based on those judgments, provide the creators with artist status. There are two definitions of art that work quite well for this narrower mission: the institutional definition and the narrative definition. In the institutional definition, art is whatever the art world deems to be art.
Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
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