Interpreting Art in Museums and Galleries

ISBN-13: 9780415419208 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 216 str.

Whitehead Chris; Christopher Whitehead

Opis

In this carefully focused book, Christopher Whitehead presents both a study of and guide to curatorial practices of art interpretation, including the manipulation of the physical display environment and the production of supporting materials, from text panels to audioguides and interactives.

Spis treści

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 futures  References

O autorze

Chris Whitehead teaches Museum, Gallery and Heritage Studies and runs the Art Museum and Gallery Studies postgraduate programme at the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, Newcastle University, UK. He has substantial experience of developing interpretive resources in museums and galleries and is the author of numerous books and articles in the field of museum studies.