[NetBehaviour] Selling software art

[benjamin]

>> museums (in the institutional form predating the Anglophonic  
>> notion of
>> "gallery") should be free. Such socially specific notions
>
> I thought "gallery," historically, referred to any kind of porch or
> open area, and, since art would typically be displayed in such an area
> ...

a porch or open area.. gosh.

my understanding goes "in continental europe a gallery is more like a  
shopping arcade or a store.. supposedly that is in fact the  
underlying principle of galleries in england (and perhaps the  
states), too; although they are more so just places to go an look at  
art - where as a museum would be a place to go and look at historical  
artefacts, artistic or otherwise. thought i'm lead to believe that on  
the european continent one would visit museums on both accounts.

it was decided in the first days of collecting objects which contain  
interesting culture (he begginning of the rennaisence through  
humanism) that all collections should be free for public viewing.

> (Etymologically it comes from Old French via the Italian galleria
> 'gallery,' which at one time also meant simply 'church porch,' from
> medieval Latin galeria, which some say is an alteration of galilea
> (like Galilee). Hm.)

interesting considering the first proper public uses of art were to  
commission works which could communicate ideas to the illiterate public.

>
> Also, I don't know anything about the history of the museum/gallery,
> and if any Netbehaviourists could refer me to any decent
> histories/historians here, I'd appreciate it!
>
> Thanks,
> Vijay
>
> 2008/11/18 benjamin <benjamin at cultura3.net>:
>> it does, generally. such wide spread adhesion to the bourgeois  
>> idea that
>> museums (in the institutional form predating the Anglophonic  
>> notion of
>> "gallery") should be free. Such socially specific notions have  
>> rarely been
>> adopted by the theatric arts.
>>
>>
>> On 18 Nov 2008, at 15:12, bob catchpole wrote:
>>
>> That's the most honest comment so far... and gets right to the  
>> heart of the
>> conundrum.
>>
>> Bob
>>
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>> From: Pall Thayer Tuesday, 18 November, 2008 15:42:19
>>
>>> sometimes it would be nice to get something back.
>>
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