INFLATE:

A． a hermetic field without potential for collaboration, given that it was almost exclusively populated by "misunderstood geniuses"
B． a field less isolated from the practice of critical analysis than the artistic process of the present era
C． more meaningful and useful as a self-critical force than the aesthetic judgments of non-artists, especially art historians
D． primarily concerned with the masking and concealment of artistic meanings from the general public
E． seldom times as specialized as the various branches of science from which art has traditionally been distinguished

A． the necessity of protecting artistic meaning from a general public who would most likely misunderstand and object to it
B． an unconscious tendency of non-artists to lionize those artists whom the public admires but fails to understand
C． a desire to protect and maintain the isolation between those who make art and those who analyze it, so as to reinforce the creative/critical distinction
D． a movement to expunge the challenging texts of dual artist/critics like Leonardo da Vinci and Mary Kelly from the critical canon
E． a distinction between the methodology of scholars, who tend to be erudite, and that of artists, who are more intuitive in their thinking processes