In complex societies

a. art forms and aesthetic knowledge are uniformly spread across all classes.
b. only members of the upper class have the time, money, and knowledge to be able to produce art objects.
c. aesthetic critics responsible for establishing artistic standards are invariably members of the upper classes or are employed by them.
d. art is more democratic and all people have relatively equal access to it.
e. the term “primitive” is used to denote art that is produced by the lower classes.


ANS: C

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