How to have a snobbery in advance? Huxley and Orwell 
While the masses flock to the exhibition Basquiat without knowing that his interest has evaporated provocative, others prefer to have a snobbery in advance, and will see Gerome, and his hyper-Classicism firefighter.
Why the snobbery and how to use it?
I) But what snobbery first? Frederick Rouvillois admirably studied snobbery and in particular showed a reversal of logic that exists between dandyism and snobbery. I have not read the book in which he operates this distinction but I mention it so as not to plagiarize unintentionally. (History of snobbery, Flammarion, 2008)
Snobbery is primarily a gregarious attitude: it makes us imitate. The object of our imitation is the class that we want to belong, we feel superior to ours.
Eastern snob who copies the group he admires, but it is only copy and remains artificial, exaggerated. Unlike the dandy does not belong - so contrary logic.
Appreciation the superiority of a class is subjective. There is a snobbery of belonging to the nobility, snobbishness of belonging to the rich, intellectuals, musicians, bohemians
etc. The assessment is so subjective that idolized classes may intersect. A full copy may rapper, rapper copy the rich. The copied
generally likes not those who copy, and therefore it changes its behavior. So be careful.
In any event, the social snobbery is a given, you must accept it or close by misanthrope. Be desirable and for that you need is the snobbery advance.
II) drink and disappointments of snobbery In imitation of the class admired the heart of snobbery, there is some projection of fantasies.
A) rich
If the rich are remarkable. The rich appears to be an extravagant person and full of arrogance. Being rich does
however no a priori orgy of vindictiveness nor a luxury. Instead, many wealthy have a thrifty mentality and if they live in comfort, they do not spend unnecessary - indeed a cause of their wealth. Too often we imagine the rich and flamboyant spenders, wondering how they could become and remain so.
If the rich seem extravagant, it was because of snobbery ... upstarts, also called "new rich. . They want to show their success, they want to prove that they belong to this class desired. And the only way they can get is to spend their money.
Thus the new rich are they spending not because the rich are spending but because they want to show rich in the eyes of all, they want their new status to oppose all.
doing enough for the rich they do not make extravagant spending to thrive in turn these new rich.
is the game of fashion described by Ernst Gombrich in his writings.
But the image of the rich and arrogant spendthrift has been installed permanently, resulting in a necessary process that can not be upset: the snobbery of upstarts.
This conclusion is certainly generalizable to other classes: the hatred which they suffer is not so much to their elements as snobs who affect to be. For what they basically copy: not the reality of this class, but the projection of this class such that their prejudice their own shows.
Lessons: If you have money, spend it so refined; stand out imitators 
B) Marks
Another application of snobbery: the marks. There is a hierarchy of clothing brands.
The more one holds clothes whose brands are on top of the ladder, the further we move from peasants dressed trademarks of low prestige. The more one thinks rise. But it simultaneously reveals his need to distinguish themselves from the masses and imitate the best - in our eyes. Therefore it is betrayed. It has escaped no one that many brands supposed to be great luxuries are carried by vulgar people. So the good
snobbery will not wear marks, or at least no visible mark. Dear reader, hast thus avoids you in advance snobbery brands.
But you earn a time for those you want to copy you distinguish yourself in turn.
Although ... imitation is not easy. Our bad taste show the class to which we belong and that to which we aspire. They betray us. Hence the usefulness of snobbery in advance.
Lesson: Do not wear visible marks
III) snobbery applied to exposures
postulate that in our time we do not ask as to the art of representations of a fragrance beauty of suffering.
Currently we have in Paris, Monet addition, exhibitions of Basquiat and Gerome. The snobbery in advance will be to go see the show's most original, that will not see the masses.
From October 15 to January 30, you can see Basquiat Pompidou.
From 19 October to 23 January, you can see Gerome Musee d'Orsay.
Gérôme is just the villain of the story art. In the nineteenth century, he championed a style of painting almost photographic representation and recourse to anecdotes: an art firefighter (so named to mock all these historical helmets reminiscent of those firefighters), an art felt heavy and hollow, and demagogic with these historical scenes and edifying for all these naked women on flimsy pretexts. Especially
Gérôme fought vigorously painters ideas and new styles, condemned the famous and glorious salon des refuses.
Ultimately, the story gave Gerome harm and sentenced to oblivion. To highlight the principal author of these firefighter, the Musée d'Orsay has seen fit to justify himself, as if his past glory does not warrant that the viewer can make up their own minds!
Unlike Basquiat image of a provocative and controversial artist. Yet without extending it, he became a maddening conformity to love and celebrate Basquiat for subversion since well wilted. 20 years ago yes, today not.
So the little scent of sulfur is he really - you'll understand - the exposure of the Orsay Museum, and he will flee from Pompidou filled with imitators one step behind.
However, if you believe the weakness of that art has nothing to do with subversion, that this belief is more distressing banality, that art can not be defined without reference to beauty, go your way these two exhibitions, or visit them for information - and win the race snobbery.
Lesson:'ll see Gerome
