Museum space and the experience of the sacred

This essay explores the dichotomous way we talk about and experience the sacred in art museum space. While Western museum culture has generally encouraged the notion of the museum visit as a quasi-religious, even transcendent, aesthetic encounter with art and architecture, it has shunned particular...

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Main Author: Buggeln, Gretchen Townsend 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2012]
In: Material religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 30-50
Further subjects:B sacred architecture
B museum history
B Public Space
B modern architecture
B museums and religion
B interfaith dialog
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)