The history of architecture and art and how it is seen by tourists

• Authors: Sylwia Kaczmarek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article presents the relation between the presence of works of art (buildings, sculptures, paintings) at different locations in the world, and tourism. The main theoretical and practical questions include the following: How important is knowledge of the history of art for seeing works of art? What other factors make modern travellers visit places where they can find these works of art?

Keywords

EN

tourism; architecture; painting; history of art

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Turyzm
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 9-13

Dates

published

2014-10-08

Contributors

author

Sylwia Kaczmarek

• University of Łódź, Institute of Urban Geography and Tourism

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/tour-2013-0006