definitions for a general audience

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated 08/09/2002 9:50:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
AHami93942 at AOL.COM writes:

> Anyway, my assignment is to rewrite a very large number of definitions for
> art related subject headings, things such as: abstraction, aestheticism,
> allegory, classicism, etc. Can anyone out there suggest resources which
might
> orient me to think in terms of what a general audience can comprehend?

Go to an art museum and rent the earphones and recorded audio tour.  With any
luck the audio tour has been put together by people who have experience in
acting as tour guides to the general public.