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Att förmedla är en konst : ett museologiskt perspektiv på nutida förmedling av antiken

Videla, Ruby LU (2014) ABMM74 20141
Division of ALM and Digital Cultures
Abstract
During museum visits, I have reacted upon how antiquity is displayed in museums and how the mediation of antiquity’s cultural history often is absent. The display technique and the selection of the displayed materials enhance an arts historical perspective of the past. The aim of this master´s thesis is therefore to study why antiquity is mediated as art historical objects in museums and under what conditions and purposes these exhibitions are made. The study serves the assumption that antiquity is a well-known and commonly attractive subject in society, which today’s popular culture gives certainty of. Why are museums still producing art historical exhibitions of antiquity when antiquity is displayed in so many other ways in society? The... (More)
During museum visits, I have reacted upon how antiquity is displayed in museums and how the mediation of antiquity’s cultural history often is absent. The display technique and the selection of the displayed materials enhance an arts historical perspective of the past. The aim of this master´s thesis is therefore to study why antiquity is mediated as art historical objects in museums and under what conditions and purposes these exhibitions are made. The study serves the assumption that antiquity is a well-known and commonly attractive subject in society, which today’s popular culture gives certainty of. Why are museums still producing art historical exhibitions of antiquity when antiquity is displayed in so many other ways in society? The analysis of this thesis is driven by the hypothesis that museums have various possibilities to mediate the cultural history of antiquity. The source material consists of interviews and the study of literature that discuss museological perspectives on cultural historical exhibitions. The interviews have been made with the museum personnel of three different museums in Sweden that holds antiquity objects. These museums are: The Museum of Mediterranean and Near East Antiquities, Lund University Historical museum and Gustav III´s Museum of Antiquities. The result of this analysis shows that museums are often retained by traditions and the museum collection. There are often economical and architectural circumstances that museums have to consider and sometimes the art historical mediation of antiquity objects displayed, is the only cultural history these objects can mediate. (Less)
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author
Videla, Ruby LU
supervisor
organization
course
ABMM74 20141
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Antiquity, museum, museology, art history, exhibition, cultural history, exhibitions, exhibitions techniques, ancient sculptures, contemporary society, Mediterranean museum, Lund university historical museum and Gustav III: s museum of antiquity. Antiken, museologi, konsthistoria, utställning, kulturhistoria, utställningar, utställningsteknik, antikens skulpturer, samtida samhällen, Medelhavsmuseet, Lunds universitets historiska museum och Gustav III:s antikmuseum.
language
Swedish
id
4456727
date added to LUP
2014-09-09 16:57:45
date last changed
2014-09-25 11:40:21
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  abstract     = {{During museum visits, I have reacted upon how antiquity is displayed in museums and how the mediation of antiquity’s cultural history often is absent. The display technique and the selection of the displayed materials enhance an arts historical perspective of the past. The aim of this master´s thesis is therefore to study why antiquity is mediated as art historical objects in museums and under what conditions and purposes these exhibitions are made. The study serves the assumption that antiquity is a well-known and commonly attractive subject in society, which today’s popular culture gives certainty of. Why are museums still producing art historical exhibitions of antiquity when antiquity is displayed in so many other ways in society? The analysis of this thesis is driven by the hypothesis that museums have various possibilities to mediate the cultural history of antiquity. The source material consists of interviews and the study of literature that discuss museological perspectives on cultural historical exhibitions. The interviews have been made with the museum personnel of three different museums in Sweden that holds antiquity objects. These museums are: The Museum of Mediterranean and Near East Antiquities, Lund University Historical museum and Gustav III´s Museum of Antiquities. The result of this analysis shows that museums are often retained by traditions and the museum collection. There are often economical and architectural circumstances that museums have to consider and sometimes the art historical mediation of antiquity objects displayed, is the only cultural history these objects can mediate.}},
  author       = {{Videla, Ruby}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Att förmedla är en konst : ett museologiskt perspektiv på nutida förmedling av antiken}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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