Interpreting art in museums and galleries
By: Christopher Whitehead
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon [England]; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415419208; 9780415419222; 9780203145616
Subjects: Art museums; Educational aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introductory mappings. What is art interpretation? Why interpret art?; title: The cultural cartography of the museum; title: Matters of interpretation : materiality, authority, chronology; title: Interpretive practice today. Interpretive frames : historical figurative art; title: Interpretive frames : modern, contemporary and non-figurative art; title: Case studies : institutional approaches to historical art; title: Case studies : institutional approaches to contemporary art; title: Interpretive futures.