Museums and the interpretation of visual culture /
Hooper-Greenhill, Eilean, 1945-
Museums and the interpretation of visual culture / Eilean Hooper-Greenhill. - xiv, 195 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Museum meanings ; 4 . - Museum meanings ; 4. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Culture and meaning in the museum -- Picturing the ancestors and imag(in)ing the nation: the collections of the first decade of the National Portrait Gallery, London -- Speaking for herself? Hinemihi and her discourses -- Words and things: constructing narratives, constructing the self -- Objects and interpretive processes -- Exhibitions and interpretation: museum pedagogy and cultural change -- The rebirth of the museum -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
0415086337 (pbk.) 0415086329
00032182
Museums--Philosophy
Museums--Educational aspects
Museum exhibits
Visual communication.
Visual learning
Visual perception.
Communication and culture
AM7. / H655 2000
069.01
Museums and the interpretation of visual culture / Eilean Hooper-Greenhill. - xiv, 195 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Museum meanings ; 4 . - Museum meanings ; 4. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Culture and meaning in the museum -- Picturing the ancestors and imag(in)ing the nation: the collections of the first decade of the National Portrait Gallery, London -- Speaking for herself? Hinemihi and her discourses -- Words and things: constructing narratives, constructing the self -- Objects and interpretive processes -- Exhibitions and interpretation: museum pedagogy and cultural change -- The rebirth of the museum -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
0415086337 (pbk.) 0415086329
00032182
Museums--Philosophy
Museums--Educational aspects
Museum exhibits
Visual communication.
Visual learning
Visual perception.
Communication and culture
AM7. / H655 2000
069.01