The Art of Museum Exhibitions [[electronic resource] ] : How Story and Imagination Create Aesthetic Experiences

• Autore: Bedford Leslie
• Pubblicazione: Walnut Creek, : Left Coast Press, 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (169 p.)
• Disciplina: 069/.5
• Soggetto topico: Museum exhibits - Psychological aspects; Aesthetics; General; Museum Publications
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1 - Contemporary Exhibition Theories; Chapter 1. Exhibitions as Education; Chapter 2. Alternative Exhibition Models; Part 2 - Constructing a New Model; Chapter 3. Story; Chapter 4. Imagination; Chapter 5. John Dewey and Art as Experience; Part 3 - Working in the Subjunctive Mood; Chapter 6. Creating and Experiencing the Exhibition Medium; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Leslie Bedford, former director of the highly regarded Bank Street College museum leadership program, expands the museum professional's vision of exhibitions beyond the simple goal of transmitting knowledge to the visitor. Her view of exhibitions as interactive, emotional, embodied, imaginative experiences opens a new vista for those designing them. Using examples both from her own work at the Boston Children's Museum and from other institutions around the globe, Bedford offers the museum professional a bold new vision built around narrative, imagination, and aesthetics, merging the work
• Titolo autorizzato: The Art of Museum Exhibitions
• ISBN: 1-315-41896-7; 1-315-41897-5; 1-61132-312-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464873003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II