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Museums and the Embodied Mind: Sensory Engagement with Artworks and Architecture
Author(s) -
Smith Barry C
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2636
Subject(s) - embodied cognition , architecture , space (punctuation) , visual arts , aesthetics , sociology , museology , art , art history , epistemology , computer science , philosophy , operating system
A museum or gallery is usually thought of as a space containing objects arranged in a chosen way. Understanding the multisensory factors that modulate an audience's experiences of artworks in their settings offers museum curators and architects opportunities to enhance visitors’ sensory engagement with their collections. Barry C Smith , Director of the Institute of Philosophy, Centre for the Study of the Senses, School of Advanced Study, University of London, considers a number of ways this can happen.