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Understanding the Art Museum (07 Edition)

by Barbara Beall-fofana

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Publisher Comments:

This handbook gives students essential museum-going guidance to help them make the most of their experience seeing art outside of the classroom.   Case studies, a list of major museums in the United States as well as key cities across the world are incorporated into the text.

Book News Annotation:

Designed for the beginning student of art history, this short guide leads the reader through the process of a fruitful visit to the art museum. Written in a friendly, accessible style, the guide helps students think about how collections were made, how museums are organized, how art is displayed, how to look at and analyse works of art, and how to write a paper about a work of art. Case studies are included with each chapter, appendices list a sampling of major museums worldwide, and a glossary is included. Not indexed. Beall-Fofana, an art historian at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts, teaches courses utilizing the collections of the Worcester Art Museum.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Book News Annotation:

Designed for the beginning student of art history, this short guide leads the reader through the process of a fruitful visit to the art museum. Written in a friendly, accessible style, the guide helps students think about how collections were made, how museums are organized, how art is displayed, how to look at and analyse works of art, and how to write a paper about a work of art. Case studies are included with each chapter, appendices list a sampling of major museums worldwide, and a glossary is included. Not indexed. Beall-Fofana, an art historian at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts, teaches courses utilizing the collections of the Worcester Art Museum. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Table of Contents

Preface

 

Acknowledgments

 

Introduction

 

SECTION I: You and the Museum

Chapter 1         Defining the Museum

Chapter 2         Mapping the Museum

Chapter 3         Presenting the Art

Chapter 4         How Do Museums Know What They Know?

 

SECTION II: You and the Art

Chapter 5         Taking about Art

Chapter 6         Writing about Art

Chapter 7         What Is the Meaning of the Art?

Chapter 8         Art and Its Context

 

SECTION III: You, the Art, and the Museum

Chapter 9         Ongoing Challenges

Chapter 10       Inside the Art Museum

 

 

APPENDIXES

GLOSSARY 

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780131950702
Author:
Beall-fofana, Barbara
Publisher:
Prentice Hall
Author:
Beall-Fofana, Barbara
Subject:
General Art
Copyright:
2007
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
20060907
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Pages:
128
Dimensions:
8.96 x 6 x 0.205 in 150 gr
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