It opposed the commercialization of art and its domination by an elite caste of self-important artists.
The art market, on the other hand, operates by a much older, aristocratic set of rules: an elite caste of images and objects are elevated above others of their class as collectible art.
America's wealth is not concentrated in the hands of an elite caste.
Already, the concept of an elite caste of dead European great composers, sources of timeless and eternal high art, caricatures itself.
It refers to an elite caste among the Shedai, those individuals who are given unique names.
Beginning sometime around 600 BC, societies became more stratified; they were ruled by an elite caste of shamans and elite merchants who conducted highly valued long-distance trade.
This inflated representation of elite caste in public offices has meant that the impact they have on public policy is disproportionately large in comparison to their actual numbers.
Although in most Dharmaśāstra texts the behavior towards food is described more for Brahmins, the elite caste, recent studies of these texts show that similar behavioral patterns existed at all levels of Hindu society.
On the near side, the elite caste seems to have dispensed with organic existence altogether, by some means never clearly described; the only holdouts against this trend are an embattled minority on the far side.
As part of the elite caste in New Delhi, she grows up without worries but filled with naivete.