Looking through the Skiascope: Benjamin Ives Gilman and the Invention of the Modern Museum Gallery

Looking through the Skiascope: Benjamin Ives Gilman and the Invention of the Modern Museum Gallery

Benjamin Ives Gilman invented the skiascope to ensure that museum visitors saw art as he thought best—without distraction. Unfortunately, as far as I was able to determine, no skiascope survives. And so I built one.

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Veröffentlicht in:Panorama (Minneapolis, Minn.) Minn.), 2022, Vol.l (g)
1. Verfasser: Steven Lubar
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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benjamin ives gilman
critical theory
steven lubar
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Zusammenfassung:Benjamin Ives Gilman invented the skiascope to ensure that museum visitors saw art as he thought best—without distraction. Unfortunately, as far as I was able to determine, no skiascope survives. And so I built one.
ISSN:2471-6839
2471-6839
DOI:10.24926/24716839.1590