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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778814503321

Autore

Whitehead Christopher <1972-, >

Titolo

Interpreting art in museums and galleries / / Christopher Whitehead

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-50613-6

1-283-43483-0

9786613434838

1-136-50614-4

0-203-14561-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Disciplina

701/.18

Soggetti

Art museums - Educational aspects

Art - Study and teaching

Art - Social aspects

Art appreciation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-188) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Interpreting Art in Museums and Galleries; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Part I: Introductory mappings; 1. What is art interpretation? Why interpret art?; 2. The cultural cartography of the museum; 3. Matters of interpretation: materiality, authority, chronology; Part II: Interpretive practice today; 4. Interpretive frames: historical figurative art; 5. Interpretive frames: modern, contemporary and non-figurative art; 6. Case studies: institutional approaches to historical art; 7. Case studies: institutional approaches to contemporary art

8. Interpretive futuresNotes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this pioneering book, Christopher Whitehead provides an overview and critique of art interpretation practices in museums and galleries. Covering the philosophy and sociology of art, traditions in art history and art display, the psychology of the aesthetic experience and ideas about learning and communication, Whitehead advances major theoretical frameworks for understanding interpretation from curators'



and visitors' perspectives. Although not a manual, the book is deeply practical. It presents extensively researched European and North American case studies involving interviews with pro