How museums with historical art collections deal with the past

A Typology

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ID5718132
AutoresBrigitte Dekeyzer (0000-0002-2504-1859, KU Leuven, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume38
Fascículo6
Páginas713-728
Data de publicação2023-11-02
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMuseum Management and Curatorship (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0964-7775 • E-ISSN: 1872-9185
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09647775.2021.1969680
OpenAlexW3194797945
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas14

Museums with historical art collections present the history of their art in different ways. This article distinguishes five typologies, based on the methods used by history teachers and the educational model of George E. Hein ([1998]. Learning in the Museum. London: Routledge). The past-oriented presentation concentrates on the history of the artworks and opts for a didactic, explanatory educational model. The present-oriented presentation uses old artworks to illuminate present-day issues. A variant is the ideological presentation, which aims not only to explain art like the present-oriented strategy but also to propagate a particular ideology. These politics of display use behaviorist stimulus-response methods. Postmodern presentations concentrate on the history of the artworks’ reception over time, and emphasize the difference between the art objects from the past and the objects’ history. Their favorite educational form is constructivism. This is also the case for the metamodern presentation, which makes inter-historical connections between old and new art works possible

Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Contemporary art · Ideology · Literature · Performance art · Politics · Postmodernism · Sociology · Typology · Visual arts · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Anthropology · History · Museology · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Visual Culture and Art Theory

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