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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792961503321

Autore

Hayhoe Simon

Titolo

Blind visitor experiences at art museums / / Simon Hayhoe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

9781442272057 (cloth : alk. paper)

9781442272064 (e-book)

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 pages)

Disciplina

704.087

Soggetti

Art museum visitors

Art museums and people with disabilities

Art museums - Educational aspects

Museums and people with visual disabilities

People with visual disabilities and the arts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Theories on blindness, disability and art. Why do we think that people who are blind cannot understand the visual arts? -- The earliest art education of people who are blind -- Case study - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art : a New York icon -- Experiences of verbal imaging -- Experiences of teaching and independent visits -- The two questions.