Il recupero del passato assegnato allo storico […] si colloca in un ordine del conoscere meno ‘scientifico’ – nel senso postcartesiano del termine – di quello cui pretende a buon diritto di accedere lo storico strettamente filologo: un ordine in cui il probabile, il verosimile, l’ipotetico, per quanto circoscritti e prudenti intendano essere, rivendicano i propri diritti nell’arte di recuperare non ‘fatti’ ma modalita dimenticate di percezione e comprensione.

The Topoi of the Exhibition Space

Over time, the ontology of the exhibition space has been amply discussed. In the specific area of art and museum histories, two categories of research emerge with particular relevance: one that considers the notion of exhibition space as a means to deepen other reflections, and another for which it is the subject of study in its own right. Especially in the first case, the analysis of the space of art is a preamble that allows the development of the main subject. Several historical or sociocultural studies have used space mostly as a theoretical supplement, a practical parameter, or an architectural unity, sometimes confusing it with its alter ego: the place.