Museum visitor preferences and intentions in constructing aesthetic experience

Poetics

Volumn 24, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 219-238

  Smith, Jeffrey K ^a,b   Wolf, Lisa F ^a,c  

^a METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Felician College   (United States)

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EID: 0040177699     PISSN: 0304422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-422X(95)00006-6     Document Type: Article

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