Decades, centuries, and millenniums have passed by over the history of planet earth, and as this has happened, humanity has evolved over time with the ever-constant state of change in our world, and culture is the main reason for that. We’ve had brilliant and crowing achievements that have taken place in our culture over the years, ex. Shakespeare, Beethoven, etc. There’s also been some moments in our culture which we view poorly upon and would much rather forget, such as Scary Movie, The Kim Kardashian Show, and the entire discography of Limp Bizkit. The model many people use to compare these two types of culture is know as the Skyscraper Model. It’s used to measure the quality of each ends of our culture over the years, and most of the time, it can be fairly affective, however, there’s always guaranteed to be a blurry part of the model purely based on one’s own perception of what high and low culture is. For example, one could consider The Rolling Stones as high culture for being one of the most famous and well-recognized rock bands of all time, but someone else could argue that they don’t hold a candle in comparison the the likes of The Beatles or The Smiths. A lot of the thought put into the model is largely objective, which can often make arguments and discussions over which peice of culture goes where very subjective to one’s own personal opinion. There’s also the factor of taking into account how society’s standards change over the years regarding culture, which is related to the example I made earlier. Ever heard of the phrase, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”? The same applies to how people of 60’s would interpret their own culture compared to how today’s people would view it. At the end of the day, the Skyscraper model may clarify the more universally agreed-upon parts of our culture, but when it comes to the middle area, it’s really all up to our own perceptions.