Highbrow to Lowbrow taste
Posted on February 3rd, 2011 by steve
‘The first usage in print of highbrow was recorded in 1884. The term was popularized in 1902 by Will Irvin, a reporter for The Sun who adhered to the phrenological notion of more intelligent people having high foreheads.’
Russell Lynes famously satirized the concept of ‘Highbrow, Lowbrow and Middlebrow’ in an article published in Harper’s Magazine in 1949.
That same year, Life magazine published the chart (above) to sort out the particulars. Works as a nice supplement to my own Taste chart.
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Found via Holly Hadley Agundes
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