Entre dissonance et consonance : les multiples facettes de l’expérience du visiteur explorant l’art contemporain au musée

The following is a synthesis of twenty years of research conducted in museum education on the psychological functioning of adult visitors exploring contemporary artworks. The identification of the dissonances and consonances expressed by visitors has allowed us to understand, among other things, the...

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Main Author: Anne-Marie Émond
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Language:fra
Published: École du Louvre 2023-06-01
Series:Les Cahiers de l'École du Louvre
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cel/25684
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description The following is a synthesis of twenty years of research conducted in museum education on the psychological functioning of adult visitors exploring contemporary artworks. The identification of the dissonances and consonances expressed by visitors has allowed us to understand, among other things, the foci of attention as well as some of the mental operations that contribute to a transformative aesthetic experience. This article presents the factors that favour the participant-visitor’s relationship with contemporary art, one in which the adult is led to consider the pleasures of ambiguity and to appreciate the new experiences provoked by the works exhibited in a museum.
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Entre dissonance et consonance : les multiples facettes de l’expérience du visiteur explorant l’art contemporain au musée
Les Cahiers de l'École du Louvre
contemporary art
dissonance
mental operation
psychological functioning
adult
museum education
title Entre dissonance et consonance : les multiples facettes de l’expérience du visiteur explorant l’art contemporain au musée
title_full Entre dissonance et consonance : les multiples facettes de l’expérience du visiteur explorant l’art contemporain au musée
title_fullStr Entre dissonance et consonance : les multiples facettes de l’expérience du visiteur explorant l’art contemporain au musée
title_full_unstemmed Entre dissonance et consonance : les multiples facettes de l’expérience du visiteur explorant l’art contemporain au musée
title_short Entre dissonance et consonance : les multiples facettes de l’expérience du visiteur explorant l’art contemporain au musée
title_sort entre dissonance et consonance les multiples facettes de l experience du visiteur explorant l art contemporain au musee
topic contemporary art
dissonance
mental operation
psychological functioning
adult
museum education
url https://journals.openedition.org/cel/25684
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