[Leica] Museums

[robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)]

Larry,

Yes, I was trying to be a bit difficult.  Your generalizations  
seemed, well, too general, and I thought I should poke a few holes in  
them.  I agree with your point that museums have developed other  
purposes than just showing art, but they still show art, and are  
those other purposes so bad?  I prefer looking at art in a spacious,  
well designed example of modern architecture than in a warehouse.   
Don't most people?

Robert



On Mar 31, 2010, at 2:11 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:

> Robert writes:
> "So you're saying that none of the dozens of new museums around the
>
> world count as museums because they are also architectural show  
> pieces?"
>
>
> Why are you trying to be difficult? You know I never wrote that.  
> Many of the
> new museums are architectural masterpieces but they are not the  
> best places
> to show paintings and photographs. Take the Guggenheim museum in  
> New York
> for example. Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral ramp provides an unbroken  
> wall to
> show images but the very shape of the museum prevents stepping back  
> to view
> the paintings else you would fall into the atrium. The museum  
> itself could
> hold three times as many paintings if it was of conventional  
> design. Still
> it is an architectural show place. But not a good museum.
>
>
> Larry Z
>
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