The museum was designed to leave vast amounts of space between works are art, so the viewers are able to focus on the particular work of art. By spacing art on large blank walls, the museum guides the viewers to look at the significance of the artwork. According to Gilman, works of art, once they are put in museums, exist for one purpose only: to be looked at as things of beauty (Duncan, p.432). It allows visitors to look at a single image and contemplate the methods of creation, meaning, and message behind the work of art. The isolation of objects for visual contemplation, something Gilman and his colleagues in Boston ardently preached, has remained one of the out standing features of the aesthetic museum and continues to inspire eloquent advocates (Duncan, p. 433).
In certain area of the exhibit, the museum placed sitting areas in front of large works of art so one could sit, rest, and contemplate for long periods of time. This gave the visitors time to think about the work of art they are looking at. To achieve it, the viewer 'must make himself over in the image of the artist, penetrate his intention, think with his thoughts, feel with his feelings (Duncan, p.432). It allowed the viewers to imagine that …show more content…
431). This gave the visitors the highest degree of contemplation to receive enlightenment and self-fulfillment. The beneficial outcome that museum rituals are supposed to produce can sound very like claims made for traditional, religious rituals (Duncan, p.429). This is due to the self-fulfillment and satisfaction visitors achieve after they take a passage through an art museum. It is seen as transformative, it confers or renews identity or purifies or restores order in the self, or to the world through sacrifice, ordeal, or enlightenment (Duncan, p.
In certain area of the exhibit, the museum placed sitting areas in front of large works of art so one could sit, rest, and contemplate for long periods of time. This gave the visitors time to think about the work of art they are looking at. To achieve it, the viewer 'must make himself over in the image of the artist, penetrate his intention, think with his thoughts, feel with his feelings (Duncan, p.432). It allowed the viewers to imagine that …show more content…
431). This gave the visitors the highest degree of contemplation to receive enlightenment and self-fulfillment. The beneficial outcome that museum rituals are supposed to produce can sound very like claims made for traditional, religious rituals (Duncan, p.429). This is due to the self-fulfillment and satisfaction visitors achieve after they take a passage through an art museum. It is seen as transformative, it confers or renews identity or purifies or restores order in the self, or to the world through sacrifice, ordeal, or enlightenment (Duncan, p.