03261oam 2200697I 450 991077881450332120230126202721.01-136-50613-61-283-43483-097866134348381-136-50614-40-203-14561-510.4324/9780203145616 (CKB)2550000000079758(EBL)838179(OCoLC)773565359(SSID)ssj0000637100(PQKBManifestationID)12251206(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000637100(PQKBWorkID)10677801(PQKB)10558424(MiAaPQ)EBC838179(Au-PeEL)EBL838179(CaPaEBR)ebr10610135(CaONFJC)MIL343483(OCoLC)798592732(EXLCZ)99255000000007975820180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInterpreting art in museums and galleries /Christopher Whitehead1st ed.Abingdon, Oxon [England] ;New York, N.Y. :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (213 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-41922-0 0-415-41920-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-188) and index.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 art8. Interpretive futuresNotes; References; IndexIn 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 proArt museumsEducational aspectsArtStudy and teachingArtSocial aspectsArt appreciationArt museumsEducational aspects.ArtStudy and teaching.ArtSocial aspects.Art appreciation.701/.18Whitehead Christopher1972-,876960MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778814503321Interpreting art in museums and galleries3822570UNINA