Why Art Museums? - The Unfinished Work of Alexander DornerPevná vazba
Why Art Museums? - The Unfinished Work of Alexander DornerPevná vazba Alexander Dorner's radical ideas about the purpose of museums and art, examined through his tenure as Director of the RISD…
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Why Art Museums? - The Unfinished Work of Alexander DornerPevná vazba
Alexander Dorner's radical ideas about the purpose of museums and art, examined through his tenure as Director of the RISD Museum.Alexander Dorner (1893-1957) became Director of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum in 1938, and immediately began a radical makeover of the galleries, drawing on theories he had developed in collaboration with modernist artists during his directorship of the Provinzialmuseum in Hanover, Germany. Music, literature, and gallery talks (offered through a pioneering audio system) attempted to recreate the complex worlds in which the objects once operated. Dorner's saturated environments sought to inspire wonderment and awe, immersing the museum visitor in the look and feel of a given period.
considers Dorner's legacy and influence in art history, education, and museum practice. Why Art Museums? It includes the first publication of a
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