Public Display. Art in Europe between 1750 and 1914 existed more and more in an urban, industrial, capitalistic market society whose population (especially in cities) was increasing and whose artistic tastes were changing. Art was no longer a luxury item for the elite and became a widely consumed commodity. An expanding public comprising new classes had the means and desire to have access to images and artistic representations, both in their original form and, after the mid nineteenth century, as reproductions. The market was a product of these conditions, and later in the century, so were the exhibition and the public art museum. The art market, the exhibition (which was a form of advertising as well as a source of goods), and the art museum were all forms of public display and remain a fixture of the art world to this...