The attempt to gain for some of the arts the status of learned or quasi-learned professions resulted in a distinction be

The attempt to gain for some of the arts the status of learned or quasi-learned professions resulted in a distinction between “the fine arts" and “the applied arts",a distinction that has done harm to both.
The gradual breakdown of the attitude that permitted such exclusive categories to be created and the general rejection of the false distinctions between art and utility are encouraging developments in the arts in recent times.