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ERIC Number: EJ848354
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Mar
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1052-0147
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Beyond the Horizon: Visitor Meaning-Making and the Vatican Frescoes
Brodie, Lee
Qualitative Report, v9 n1 p18-34 Mar 2004
During the summer of 2002, thirty-one medieval frescoes went on display at the Museum of Texas Tech University, the only venue in the world for this extraordinary exhibition. This paper summarizes a qualitative research study that focused on the experiences of three visitors to the Medieval Frescoes from the Vatican Museums Collection exhibition. The study applied Gadamer's (1993) idea of horizons to both the visitor-participants and the frescoes to illuminate the interpretive event, the meeting of horizons, and to uncover any obstacles that might hinder the fusion of horizons. The findings of the study are presented in a readers theatre format as an alternative to traditional reporting methods so that the voices of the participants, frescoes, and researcher can be portrayed more clearly.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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