ARTHI 5B Intro Museum Study PDF

Tuesday 1/7/25 Section 95 percent of museums created after WW2 Museums' primary functions are to teach, preserve, and bring history alive. They also entertain and hold events as public spaces. What were they conceived for? To exhibit works of art. Display of wealth or status Classify and study them...

Tuesday 1/7/25 Section 95 percent of museums created after WW2 Museums' primary functions are to teach, preserve, and bring history alive. They also entertain and hold events as public spaces. What were they conceived for? To exhibit works of art. Display of wealth or status Classify and study them. So that knowledge can be expanded Tus-Sunday 11-5 Thursday 5- free with ID Another museum near the bathrooms in downtown -private museum contemporary arts Sunday 11-6 Tuesday Ucsb museum You can't go here until the midterm wed-sunday 12-5 SBCC WESTMONT Botanical gardens MOXI MUSEUM 20 DOLLARS (EBT money) WEDNESDAY SECTION ART History 5B INTRO TO MUSEUM STUDIES TA-IMAN SALTY [email protected] Bring paper and pen Participation and required attendance Take notes by hand Exit ticket OH- TUESDAYS 10am- 12pm arts 2234 around the corner ( DROP IN) Email ARTHI 5B (SECTION) THURSDAY 1/9/24 LECTURE #2 COLLECTING AND CLASSIFICATION ANSWER QUESTIONS BEFORE NEXT WEEK TUESDAY ​ -​ Studying collections, anthropological collecting -​ They are looking for specific things when making a collection -​ Physiological studies on collecting, what motivates people to collect things (Jan Brueghel and Adriaen van Stalbemt, a collector’s cabinet -​ Display of art -​ Collection of metals -​ Collection of statues -​ The image is an advertisement for the artist -​ Animal -​ Instruments -​ Nature representation -​ Flowers -​ Globes, scientific study -​ Airplanes -​ Showing different aspects of the objects together like as the paintings (classification) You need to know what class of objects you need when you are collecting How is collecting different compared to accumulating? -​ The intent or intentional -​ display, how they are thought about or displayed about -​ Collecting privileged objects over others -​ The lack of completeness, which is why you are collecting -​ Collecting a self-aware process means being meaningful as a group. More than and different from the sum of its parts. -​ Why do people in general collect? (SENTIMENTAL THE MEANING BEHIND) IMPORTANCE Tickets, figurines, pennies, pokemon cards, vinyl records, stickers on a water bottle, CDs, books People collect things money, value, memories, find the object they enjoy to look or have, pleasure, proving ability to do so. Status, preservation, to not forget DOCUMENTATION, passion, admiring the craft or handiwork, self-identification relating to your life or identity. Collections over time begin to get disbursed Images can show what was collected in the past, and documented, inventories What happens when an object is collected It is taken out of its perspective Like the flowers When the objects are collected they take on a different meaning and a new context. CARAVAGGIO, Madonna di Loreto, S. Agostino, Rome, 1604-05 Miraculous event She's at the door of the house and holding the Christ child, while the poor class is begging at the doorstep. She has a halo on her head. Sticks suggest they travel, pilgrims. many catholic pilgrims went to that church The painting was an object of praise which is why they had it in the church If the painting was moved from a church to the museum it wouldn't have the same value and effect. Which is why the object is now out of its context. CSRSVSGGIO ENTOMBEMENT Putting Christ in the tomb This was in the church and dedicated to the virgin The painting was placed in a spot where the light served as a function to the painting but when it was moved it lost that touch. He painted it to be connected to its context completely What is put in collections becomes recontextualized The museum has a larger mission so there have to be criteria, quality, the original, time period and how it fits with this collection. Rarity How expressive the artist's achievements A sense of absolute aesthetic achievement Relevance to your collection Condition, be a lot to main or restore ect. Price What determines value If its kinda something many museums would show Taste on a larger scale Taste changes over time and affects museums over time Compared to other pieces at the same period If they are looking for aesthetics Relates to something representing a standard Art historians would determine value, experts, boards of trusties Doctor LUTHER KING BIBLE The art the professor thought was moving Also his shoes, he walked in them Moved from how worn it is Value not it from it being in good condition but something being in poor condition’ It shows how much he used it and was close to it, as well as his speeches and writings next to it. His handwriting a mark of his individuality. Is there a higher archy in museums among collections and museums Displayed different How it is known Art collections tend to be more pristigage, they are hung alone Classification creates a new The exhibition makes that classification visibly Chronologically and geographically. Modern The idea is we think of it as a natural way of classification Is there any way where its natural classification Animals Embed Tamed Smuggling pig Fabulous Included in the present classification Ect There's no natural classification of nature Classification reflects of understanding the world and distinctive but changes Produces knowledge about objects Room of the philosophers, Capitoline museum, Rome How it is displayed with other paintings but people can prepare them They want to look just at the mona lisa Is the one that is super protected and most famous Not looking at the other incredible paintings Mona Lisa has gotten more dramatic over change, partly due to COVID Display can also be the role of decoration Decoration creates kind a theme TUESDAY 1/14/15 LECTURE FINISHING LAST LECTURE Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi Treasury of the Athenians Acropolis, Athens, Greece Model of acropolis, Pinakothekae/i Forum of Augustus Forum of Trajan Art historians Private collection (like Canopus, Hadrian's cilla, tivoli Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire St. Denis Abbot Sugar NOW WE START LECTURE 3 COLLECTIONS BEFORE MUSEUMS Renaissance collections - Artificialia and naturalia Wunderkammer Kunstkammer Kunstschrank Curiosity cabinet Studiolo Wrom’s museum, Copenhagen, 1664 engraving THURSDAY 1/16/25 LECTURE (MISSED SECTION YESTERDAY) Continuing where we left off from Tuesday David tenders, gallery of archduke Leopold Wilhelm in Brussels Electoral gallery, Manheim, 1731 drawing- rulers of various areas, Jesus Christ right in the middle, and every painting has religious paintings. Crowd to dazzle you with all the work. All the paintings are  symmetrical. On the top was historical like the hierarchy of the genre. And landscaping paintings on the bottom. The mixed school arrangement, different periods, and painters. James Russel, conversation piece, c 1744-47 View of Colonna Gallery, Rome Dorua-Pamohilj Gallery, Rome Annibale Carracci Domenico Buti, plan of villa medici, 1602, etching Giovanni Battista Falda, plan of Villa Medici, c 1667, engraving Pompeo batoni, henry peruse, and count razmovsky Love of virtue and the genius of the fine arts Glory and distinction PUBLIC MUSEUMS (why were public muesums established) Metropolitan museum of art, new york National gallery of art, Washington DC 90 PERCENT of museums were established after World War 2 Public museums were established -​ Factors motivating the creation of public art museums -​ Preservation and display of cultural patrimony -​ Cultural tourism -​ Spread of enlightenment values -​ revolution/ democracy Campidoglio Civil collection- city-owned and founded by a pope. Jacopc sansovion, liberian, vanuce Old Ashmolean Museum, university of oxford, 1683 / Couldve been royal collections and royals were the government Open to the public and owned by their founders Karl friendrich schinkel, altes Leo von klenze, glptothek, munnich 1816-30 What was the audience like ‘ In the beginning, it was the elite tourists and people who could afford it. They are well dressed, classy. Mainly men British Some italians Medici venus (Naked women) Tishan the venus of revivan A party of working men at the national gallery, they are not knowledgeable. One is mansplaining what the painting it all about Anatomical venus TUESDAY INTRODUCTION TO MUSEUM STUDIES LECTURE 5 Exhibition design Religious paintings were larger. Personal, religious, and historical styles of paintings can be ranged. Displays showed the viewing Beauty, coloring, composition, decorum, design, drawing, expression, imitation, setting, invention, proportion In judging them they were comparing them in the different aspects The way people looked at art determined how that art was going to be displayed Mix school or the gentlemanly hang. The population that mainly went to go view these artworks Ex. Picture display in the Luxembourg Gallery, Paris, 1750-79 The viewer brings their skills, there is no label on the painting Villa Medici,1602 etching by domenico buti Viewers would look at and talk about antiques in different ways. Using decoration to set the theme Painting and sculptor are exhibited differently and separately, even to this day A sculptor is usually on the floor, suggesting the way that art progresses The idea of progress It gets better and better Skyline for natural light. Hide the glare from the windows Exhibition strategies- Mixed school or gentlemanly hang themaatic/ typological Masterpieces Chronological geographical or historical Periods like rooms WEEK 3 Wednesday section- WEEK 3 THURSDAY 1/23/25 Art progresses over time Salon hang in the santa barbara museum. A mix of things. Not historical or similar Breathing room where the paintings arent so sky hgh and not being able to see them Colors are used to emphasis or to be mutual Western Cas Court, victoria and albert museum, London Tate modern, London, 1998-2000 Period rooms and popular well into the 20th century Home museums of personal collectors Musee de Cluny,Paris (late mid evil, renessance) (the masterpieces are the tapistrys) Wilhelm von bode, director Kaiser-Friedrich museum berlin The room itself is the exhibit, people can move everything in that room and thats the masterpiece Period rooms recapture that period era and its amazing Products of peoples ideas (interior from sutton scarsdale hall, 1724-27 Robert adam, drawing room, landsdowne house, c.1760-69 ( Period museums or house museum (courtyyard, isabella stewart gardner museum, boston)​ Period rooms too many things around that you cant focus on the art just itself New streaigties were introduced, interiors, museum of modern art, new york, 1939 Modern art work and kinda like the sb museum The minimalism of it, lights, plain white walls. The idea was that it would concentrate the viewers attention The minimalism suited the art for the modern works You can adjust the walla and can be moved around (ITS COLD AND KINDA LIFELESS, Japanese temple room, museum of fine arts, boston 1910 Period rooms may be less for western art but outside the us is maybe more ‘ Pawnee earth lodge, field museum, chicago Gallery of african art, metropolitan museum of art, New York, 1982 ​ Islamic gallery rooms, metropolitan museum of art, new york Bostons museum os art Fred wilson, making the museum, 1992 Canaletto, procession on the feast day of st roch c. 1735 Pietro antonio martini, view od the salon of 1785, 1785 127-46 Metropolitan museum of art, new, york, 1963 They came and wanted to see the mona lisa went to new york (wil never be able to happen again)​ Treasures of tutankhamun (egypt)​ Blockbusters, high attendance, a huge amount of work, have a lot to do. Lots of revenue and very expensive. It will attract a wide swath of people and see it as doing it for the people. ART HISTORY 5b Introduction to museum studies lecture 7 Public and development of public exhibitions Museum audiences are self-selective Canaletto, procession in the feast day Pertro Antonio martini, view of the salon of 1785,1785 John Henry hill Honre Daumier the Egyptians weren’t looking 1867 engraving Jack Robinson and his family at the south Kensington museum 1870 West cast court, Victoria and Albert museum, London A party of working men at the national gallery 1870 ( the gallery is crowed for coming for the use of the room for different purposes.) The hall and stair case British museum 1808 Grands, people who can stand in a room, security measures have become more important They put up cameras, fences, no food or water, no big bags, motion sensors, glass boxes and alrarms Protecting the art of natural disasters and earthquakes. John sturgis and Charles Brigham 1876 and (Boston museum of fine arts) Guy Lowell, museum of fine arts, Boston, 1909 Progressives era and the the civil rights movement The majority of people were being included well in the museums Fred Wilson, guarded view, 1991 What are things motivating people to to museums more ? Museum gets mor people than sporting events or concerts because it less expensive Government initiatives by museums Demands of corporate sponsors they wants to get exposure and press to bring in the money Finical pressure Outreach solutions - Increasing corporate alism Gift shops Banners Cafes (henrry Cole, refreshment room. Victoria and Albert museum, London 1863,73 Book stores, catalogs Jewelry, clothes, kids activists, copy’s of works of art, food, etc, funerature. Metropolitan museum of art, New York, 1963 The idea is to make the art more accessible to many people The idea is certainly to educate but visitors might see it as a form a bragging rights. Entertainment, attention toe the scultural and profit. Harlem on my mind Treasures of Tara khamuan John Anne’s Vermeer, girl with an pearl erring Claude Monet poplars 1891 Paul cezanne large bathers Pablo Picasso girl before a mirror ARTHI 5B class section- Display- talk about today 5 short answer questions 2 long answer questions 1 reading questions STUDY GUIDE pen and blue book Displaying things differently Inserting a work and seeing those chooses work See ,if you can place pieces together It makes people think of how the museum is placing these objects together What is being intervened is how meaning is conveyed but asking the viewer to ask certain assumptions changing the flow or what the museum moves and practices as an institution. How museums educate, provide entertainment, build community, preserve objects, ultimately collect They make sense of their collecting by classification. How do they display the objects which tells a wider story and background to insert order. It’s meant to have the audience think about the display strategies. Why does it correlate Clutter is making them disinterested and distraction to people don’t have the knowledge or background of the paintings and works collected. Group activities- Pg 127 has all the answers and stuff Style and period rooms Period rooms are highly immersive Thematic and typological Intervention display and the white cube Masterpiece hang Blockbuster exhibition WEEK 4 LECTURE 1/30/25 The public outreach and education pt. 2 Changing attitudes to the museum going public correlate with broader social and political developments. 1.​ The enlightenment 18 th century  2.​ Progressive era 3.​ Civil rights movement 4.​ Multiculturalism 5.​ Diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility initiatives present Multicultural DEIA initiatives -​ museums exhibitions and displays aimed at specific audiences, highlighting underrepresented areas, rethinking the cannon -​ Creation of welcoming museum websites, spaces and accesible visitor spaces -​ Multicultural outreach programs involving engagement with diverse communities, including their input in exhibitions Islamic gallery room, metropolitan museum of art, New York Louvre museum, Paris, pyramid by L.M, 1985-89 Spend the rest of our time on museum education Cleveland museum of art, intesxrve tick stuarioss Hubert Robert a draughtsman in the capital museum Frederick. Mackenzie, national gallery, pall mall Henry grifts, view of the national gallery Pier leones thesis fr, named as bear- leader c.1725 Formal or visual quality that why they studied Docent become one at the Illinois holocaust museum You get a lot more knowledge where these people explain to you Mesum educators Seven major areas of museum education programming -​ tour programs -​ Informal gallery learning programs -​ Community, adult, and family programs -​ Classes and other public programs -​ Partnerships with other organizations -​ School programs, including distance learning -​ Online educational programs Rembrandt, abduction of eropa, 1632 They used visual thinking strategies They have the viewer look very closely and then have conversation and they believe on one persons each build on the other As they being to feel like it relevant then they start to jump in and hint Validating the visitors options but there’s a lot more information they could be saying The goal is a meaningful and way to think and conversate about it WEEK 5 LECTURE TUESDAY 2/4/25 MIDTERM NEXT LECTURE SECTION (BLUE BOOK) Midterm exam review There is a study guide Know the readings and lecture pictures and their main points 5 images in a row - answer it in a couple of sentences(2min each) 2 sets of comparisons the two images paired for a specific reason and then a prompt that will be answered with 1 page She readings shes going to pick one and 30 min to write about that reading McDonald reading- the museum studies new differs from the old Dei started to get involved Museum studies as it began was more about educating people in museums studying the practices and the way they were done but not questioning those practices. Which they shouldve. Collecting and classifications Calss exceeding collecting How is collecting than just acclimating or gathering? Contextual meaning, purpose Collecting privileges some objects over other A self-aware process of collecting things for a meaningful purpose Being part of a collection advances its meaning Show the wealth and social aspect, where people who visit before they were made public museums Museum criteria for collecting quality - -​ Rarity -​ How expressive oof the aristis achievements -​ A sense of absolute asethetic achievements -​ Relevance to your collection  -​ Condition -​ Price Inventories we can learn about them and guide books can tell about the musume Biographies of the collectors Anthropological perspective\ Physiological perspective They have a desire and purpose. Meaning for them to collect an never-ending activity Collecting implies classifications Classificiationn thinks about a way of thonking about the world and understanding its a system of knowledge Distinctive and produces knowledge about oobkects but also about a world view a way of thinking and knowing Early history of collections ancient greece and mid evil Painting gallery Public spcaes and private UNDERSTANDING RENAISSANCE COLLECTION Art is man ,ad and natualaia is nature made Wonderchamber include both artificalia and naturalia Kunstakammer more focused on art Kunstscrack chamber art What kind of collection is it and what kind of collection does it exemplify Coollector cabinet both art and nature Point of the thing you see in it Genre of the art (gallery picture) Do you really think the space actually looked like this == nooooo What does it relate to the status in the room Different kind of objects are usually put together in the room What was the purpose of this type of collection (the long answer like the comparison) what to acknowledge -​ The collection was admired -​ How well-traveled the owner was -​ The share art education knowledge -​ Knowledge of the world as a divine creation. Evidence of his taste and learning How did these displays evolve over time. How did the painting traditions evolve over time Why dont we still have collections like this over time -​ They fell out of fashion -​ Science evolved What were most collectors after (eruo) what media where they interested in  -​ In acident art and antiquities -​ Copies of roman antiques -​ Early modern painting Where and how where those exhibited Antiques in villas outside of cities Paintings they usually had galleries Early modern painting was only the elite and the wealthy Over time they were being displayed in villas How were these things displayed -​ Historical paintings showed in the gallerys with the paintings on the roof -​ Ancient sculptures were displayed outside and in villas People do cultural tourism EMERGENCE OF PUBLIC MUSEUMs Enlightenment- everyone should be well educated and seeing these things Encouraged economic growth through the museum in the larger sense Political or social movements of why they opened museums Preservation of any cultural or society Revolution and democracy What do we mean by public An area open to anyone and everyone Funded by donations A person who was a ruler and thats how they had their private collections Their purposed changed Accessibility that anyone could go How was the capitoline hill that was significant The first public museum actually the first important model \ New ways of display that were more appropriate for a public museum The oldest signgick collection Its purpose was education; It was brought to being the museum The cite was important because it was the site of the government of the city of rome How did most public museums begin Started the private collections making it public Terms to describe a musuem of modern art -​ Universal seric collections Mission staemnets for museums, what were their missions and what became the take away -​ All trying to educate and display -​ Interpret Sample reading questions How would you discuss the transition from the private and public museums Started protecting the art work when they become public Security measures The museums have to being to think of things when they become open to the public How to be inclusive Display them in a way for the public who dont know it and the wealthy and educated do They had to set items and groups The invention of blockbusters Things to draw people in the the museums Exhibition display and used to impose or suggest meanitng Strategies is how they talked and thought about works of art No system is natural or value free always pros and cons Good short answer question- Crwoeds packed in Historical and religious Ancient mythology The academic system is behinf it Peolle look and discuss the work Using the gentamnly hang Comparative viewing - comparing and contrasting the art from different periods and painters Typepological Thematic Chronological and geographical as the broader public goes the straigie of display changes Period rooms Themeactic typological New strategies were introduced. Artistic interventions to question history and other things Whole museums to dedicate to collections in undersperesented areas WEEK 5 section midterm prep 1. How did the museum-going public evolve and change over time? 2. What kinds of educational tools do museums employ? How has this changed over time? 3. What approach did Rika Burnham and Elliott Kai-Kee take while working at the Getty Museum? What was their goal? What are some pros and cons of their approach? Talk about the examples they used. 4. What is Danielle Rice's take on museum education? Describe the strategy she used to engage the public. How is it different than the approach used by Burnham and Kai-Kee? Which approach do you think is best? 5. What are the issues Sophie Haigney discusses regarding the docents at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art (and in many other museums around the country)? What are some potential solutions that she suggests? Can you think of any other potential solutions? ANSWERING THE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. Evolution of the Museum-Going Public Historically, museums were elite institutions catering to the wealthy and educated. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, they served as spaces for national identity formation and moral improvement. Over time, the public became more diverse due to expanded access, shifts in education, and changing cultural attitudes. Today, museums aim for inclusivity, acknowledging the need to engage underrepresented communities through multilingual signage, accessibility programs, and community-based curation. The enlightenment movement is an event that contributes to it. 2. Educational Tools in Museums and Their Evolution Early museum education relied on passive learning, such as object labels and guided tours. Over time, tools expanded to include interactive exhibits, digital media (apps, virtual tours), hands-on learning (makerspaces, workshops), and participatory storytelling. The shift has been toward active engagement, incorporating visitor-centered education and experiential learning. 3. Burnham and Kai-Kee’s Approach at the Getty Museum Rika Burnham and Elliott Kai-Kee advocated for **dialogical teaching** in museum education. They focused on **slow looking**, encouraging visitors to engage deeply with artwork through conversation rather than passive reception. Their goal was to cultivate critical thinking and personal interpretation. Pros: - Encourages deep engagement with art. - Fosters critical thinking and personal connections. - Moves away from didactic teaching to a more inclusive, visitor-centered approach. Cons: - Can be time-consuming. - May not be effective for all visitors (some prefer factual information). - Requires skilled facilitators trained in dialogical techniques.  Examples: They used works like Cézanne’s *Still Life with Apples* to model how extended observation leads to richer understanding. 4. Danielle Rice’s Take on Museum Education Danielle Rice emphasized **interpretive flexibility**, arguing that museums should provide multiple points of access to knowledge. Her strategy involved **narrative-based engagement**, where educators tell compelling stories to connect audiences to artwork. **Comparison to Burnham & Kai-Kee:** - **Burnham & Kai-Kee:** Focus on conversation and open-ended questioning. - **Rice:** Uses structured storytelling to engage visitors. **Best Approach?** It depends on the audience and context. Burnham and Kai-Kee’s method works well for in-depth engagement, while Rice’s method is effective for larger audiences with limited time. 5. Sophie Haigney on Docents at Boston’s ICA Haigney discusses how museums have traditionally relied on volunteer docents, often older, affluent white women. This system raises concerns about equity, inclusivity, and expertise. Some museums have replaced docents with paid educators to ensure a more diverse and professionalized workforce. **Potential Solutions Suggested by Haigney:** - Offering paid positions to create equitable access. - Providing more rigorous training on race, class, and accessibility. **Other Possible Solutions:** - Hybrid model: mix of trained docents and paid educators. - Expanding recruitment to diverse communities. - Creating mentorship programs to train emerging museum educators. Things talked about in lecture Masterpiece hang, all are of value and all clearly and separated in a way where they are kinda all the same Quizlet History genres -perro nation martini ​ Different museum types:​ Differentiating between art museums, history museums, natural history museums, science museums, and specialized museums. ​ Roles and responsibilities of museum professionals:​ Knowing the roles of curators, registrars, educators, conservators, and exhibit designers. ​ Collection management practices:​ Understanding processes involved in acquiring, documenting, storing, and caring for museum collections. ​ Ethics and decolonization in museums:​ Discussing issues related to cultural sensitivity, repatriation of artifacts, and colonial legacies in museum collections. ​ Exhibition design principles:​ Concepts like thematic organization, interpretation, accessibility, and engaging visitors through exhibits.