Understanding the Inarticulateness of Museum Visitors’ Experience of Paintings: A Phenomenological Study of Adult Non-Art Specialists

This paper is based on a study of museum visitors’ experience of paintings: in particular, the experience of adult non-art specialists. Phenomenology, a form of inquiry that seeks to articulate lived experience, provided the philosophical and methodological framework for the study. Descriptions and...

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Main Author: Tam, Cheung On (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Rhodes University 2008
In: The Indo-Pacific journal of phenomenology
Year: 2008, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-11
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