How to Visit a Museum conveys the real excitement of visiting a museum for children and adults in a personal and informal manner. Museum educators will find this book a useful tool for developing programs that help visitors obtain a more rewarding experience from their museum visits.
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A glance at this book's table of contents gives you an idea of its intentions: "Developing your own pace; Where to begin; Displays can dramatize--but don't let them fool you; There's no rule on how long it takes to appreciate a masterpiece." David Finn encourages museumgoers to rely on their own impressions. In the first sentence of the first chapter, he writes that there is "no right or wrong way to visit a museum." Finn gives a general overview of the layout of a museum and uses illustrations from museums around the world to present basic art history concepts and ways of looking at artwork. With practical information he encourages museum visitors to feel comfortable, confident, and develop their own sensibilities in a museum--instead of relying on someone else's. "Discrimination," Finn writes, "is a necessary component of appreciation."
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Interested in art? Not sure what to do? Check out this book.,
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This review is from: How to Visit a Museum (Paperback)
Ever felt obliged to stop by an art museum while on vacation just because you were in the area, but then you weren't quite sure what to do once you got there? If so, this may be the book for you. David Finn's easy-to-read text presents many thoughtful ideas on how to really get something out of your next trip to a museum. The book is filled with copious photographs of artwork and art museums (some in color, some black and white, all reproduced with the high quality you'd expect from Abrams) that do an excellent job of complimenting the points made in the text. It's a book you'll want to read cover-to-cover at least once, and then come back and sample bits over and over again - just the way you may end up visiting your local art museum once you've read this fine book
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A how to book and that's about it,
By Zander Kaufman "Thought is free" (Council Bluffs, Iowa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How to Visit a Museum (Paperback)
David Finn's How to Visit a Museum is a good starter book for one who wants a quick starter course in museums and art. What to look for and how to view art. I think this would be a great book for teachers and new art students. I bought this book second hand and enjoyed it as a quick refresher course. However as a whole it seemed more of a short book for tourists, as I finished it in sitting. However if you want to read a book before you travel to a large museum I would highly recommend this as a starter book for a journey into the world of art.
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