Art appreciation as a learned competence: a museum-based qualitative study of adult art specialist and art non-specialist visitors.

Autor/in	Bracun Sova, Rajka
Titel	Art appreciation as a learned competence: a museum-based qualitative study of adult art specialist and art non-specialist visitors. Paralleltitel: Likovna apreciacija kot privzgojena zmoznost: muzejska kvalitativna studija odraslih obiskovalcev - poznavalcev in nepoznavalcev likovne umetnosti.
Quelle	In: CEPS journal, 5 (2015) 4, S. 141-157Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2232-2647
URN	urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-116339
Schlagwörter	Kompetenz; Empirische Untersuchung; Museumsbesuch; Museumspädagogik; Kunst; Kunstbetrachtung; Kunstunterricht; Kunstverständnis; Reflexion (Phil); Kunsterziehungsbewegung; Experte; Laie; Slowenien
Abstract	Since Bourdieu, it has been argued that art appreciation requires "knowledge". The focus of this qualitative study was to examine art appreciation as a learned competence by exploring two different groups of museum visitors: art specialists and art non-specialists. The research was conducted at Moderna galerija in Ljubljana. Twenty-three adults were recruited and accompanied during their visit to the museum. Participants were requested to "think out loud", which meant to talk about what they saw, thought, and felt about the artworks. There was a short interview conducted with each participant before entering the museum to gain insight into their art-related and museum-visiting experience. The analysis of the data revealed that some processes of art appreciation were similar within the two groups. Both art specialists and art non- specialists interact with museum objects physically and intellectually; they see contents and formal qualities as a whole; they respond emotionally to artworks; appreciation includes their personal experience; they search museum interpretation/information for their understanding. Some noticeable differences were found. Art specialists respond to artworks with more understanding and are willing to put more effort into art appreciation, whereas art non-specialists respond with less understanding and put less effort into art appreciation. This paper focuses on the differences between the two groups; reflective and spontaneous appreciation of art, objective and subjective appreciation of art and the effort put into art appreciation. The paper ends with a discussion of the implications of the study for the teaching of art and museum education. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2016/2