Mental sets and museum architecture

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Museum management and curatorship. 1997, Num. 4, Vol. 16, 329-336, 3 ill.

ISSN

0964-7775

Abstract (en)

Observes the importance of setting in the appreciation of a work of art, and finds that many modernizing museum directors and designers seem intent on disturbing the "mental sets" that help the viewer see a given work. Discusses the competing demands put on museum architecture and evaluates some recent projects as successful (Munich, Neue Pinakothek), as opposed to more high profile buildings (Atlanta, High Museum; Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum; Berlin, Museum of the Holocaust, among others). Associates much recent museum architecture with theme parks.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- Architecture
• Architecture
• Museums
• 1900-2000
• Neue Pinakothek||München (DEU)
• High Museum of Art||Atlanta (GA, USA)
• Guggenheim Museum Bilbao||Bilbao (ESP)
• Theme parks
• Influence

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Architecture
• Architecture
• Musée
• 1900-2000
• Neue Pinakothek||München (DEU)
• High Museum of Art||Atlanta (GA, USA)
• Guggenheim Museum Bilbao||Bilbao (ESP)
• Parc à thèmes
• Influence

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19990701-00206802

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