Art history museum visit

ART HISTORY MUSEUM VISIT . REFLECTING PERSONAL CONTEXT THAT INFLUENCES THE KIND OF EXPERIENCE

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April 2 , 2008

ART HISTORY MUSEUM VISIT . REFLECTING PERSONAL CONTEXT THAT INFLUENCES THE KIND OF EXPERIENCE

An art museum visit starts with the person choosing the right `physical context ' that he or she would want to experience . There are different types of context that can be found in different places . It can be a sports field , a gym , an amusement park , a theater , a zoo , nature center

br or a museum . Eilean Hooper has defined museum as

[A] complex cultural organization , which is made up of a site that is frequently spectacular , a body of people with rare and fascinating expertise , a collection of objects that in its range of values that are currently under intense scrutiny from within the institution , from the academy and from government (Hooper-Greenhill 1999 , xi

Many visitors who get to feel the `museum experience ' come up with almost all kinds of views and estimation on how it feels to be next to some of the world 's greatest art pieces . This depends on the interaction between personal context (i .e , person 's social and personal needs ) as well as the physical context that may or may not stand to be appropriately in line

On some of the visitors of Basilica of Santa Croce , for example visitors Marie-Henri Beyle and Helen Keller both give their innermost impressions regarding the experience . Beyle describes her experience unmistakably in the following lines

I was in a sort of ecstasy , from the idea of being in Florence , close to the great men whose tombs I had seen . Absorbed in the contemplation of sublime beauty . I reached the point where one encounters celestial sensations . Everything spoke so vividly to my soul . Ah , if I could only forget . I had palpitations of the heart , what in Berlin they call nerves . Life was drained from me . I walked with the fear of falling (Last name year , page no

From the quote it is easy to see that Beyle 's personal context was in line with her physical context . The place reflected a part of her soul and by coming to full contact with what she aspired most , she felt rapturous and ecstatic with the experience of being awake in her dream Helen Keller , on the other hand , reflected the same type of sensation when she said

Museums and art stores are also sources of pleasure and inspiration Doubtless it will seem strange to many that the hand unaided by sight can feel action , sentiment , beauty in the cold marble and yet it is true that I derive genuine pleasure from touching great works of art As my fingertips trace line and curve , they discover the thought and emotion which the artist has portrayed (Last name year , page no

Here , it is plain that Keller is also an art lover in her inmost being Her words tell us how d and inspired she is...