[ARTH 2120] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (51 pages long!)

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Art History
• Course: ARTH 2120
• Professor: Dominic Marner

Document Summary

Theory base: the first is a call to understand the meanings of museum objects as situated and contextual rather than inherent. Objects have little agency, and the interaction of objects together produce meaning (however this is changing on situations) Example of embassy"s as spaces; spaces are all over the place! Previous lecture continued : fred wilson serves as a good example of representational critique. Issue of representational critique embedded in identity politics. Museum had to protect the artwork from being destroyed. Heritage , authenticity , narrative , and memory : contextualizing of objects, placing together to make meaning. Implications for museum policy and practice: how to concerns, example of fred wilson, provocation , comes right into policy making, ex of african-american museum, smithsonian (have already memorialized barack. History of museums (next powerpoint: what is a museum, museums preserve and interpret the material evidence of the human race, human activity, and the nature world.