Santa Maria de Ovila

Santa Maria de Ovila A focus on how the changin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing contexts of works of art and their physical transformation over time and space affect their meanin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing. A basic premise is that no work appears to us as it was origin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inally conceived, nor necessarily where in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">intended to be seen; that it undergoes many changes in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in the course of its existence, from displacement to deliberate alteration and natural degradation, and that the viewer’s response is necessarily variable and contin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ingent. Sin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ince the museum features promin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inently in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in the shiftin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing contextual history of many works, a number of its functions will be considered, notably acquisition, conservation, and in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">installation. The story of this monastery is a prime example of the sort of changes to meanin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing and context explored above. Below are the key issues: ?Context: Fragments, Site displacement, Relocation, Repatriation, Archaeological context, Intellectual context ?Change of purpose and value of connoisseurship: Re-use, forgeries, copies, Appropriation, Changes in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in narrative, in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">interpretation, Changes in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in taste ?Ownership: Implications for meanin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing and response, Museological issues, Life of objects in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in museums ?Trauma: Archaeological vandalism/theft ?Unin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">intentional physical changes: Collateral damage of: War, Indifference Several aspects of the monument that relate to changes of context (relocation, displacement), purpose (religious, in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">interpretative), trauma (dismantlin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing, borderlin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ine illegal methods), and in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">indifference (Golden Gate park restin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing place).