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The Spellbinding Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao
“The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, looked like something out of an alien hallucination—a swirling collage of warped metallic forms that appeared to have been propped up against one another in an almost random way. Stretching into the distance, the … Continue reading
Posted in Guggenheim, Bilbao, Museum
Tagged archetypes, architecture, art, Bilbao, Frank O. Gehry, Guggenheim, modern art, Museum, symbolism, symbols
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Museums: Bridging the Gap between the Visible and the Invisible
“The trucks and locomotives lined up in the railway museum carry neither freight not passengers. Nobody is slain by the swords, cannons and guns on display in the military museum, and not one single worker or peasant uses the utensils, … Continue reading
Posted in Museum
Tagged Alexandria, collections, history, history of museums, Krzysztof Pomian, Museum, sacrum, the visible and the invisible
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