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In American Museums and the Persuasive Impulse, Professor Ragsdale assesses American museums as means of visual persuasion. He demonstrates that museums, their contents, and their manners of display are as capable of influencing visitors as speeches or advertisements are and that an awareness of their social influence provides an insight into the cultural roles of museums. The book considers a diverse array of museums ranging from such national cultural icons as the Metropolitan Museum of Art...

Museums --- Art museums --- Museum architecture --- Architecture --- Public institutions --- Cabinets of curiosities --- Social aspects. --- Museology --- American [North American] --- museums [buildings] --- influencing

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Compelling Form: Architecture as Visual Persuasion is an assessment of the visual persuasiveness of buildings. It demonstrates that architecture is as capable of social influence as speeches or advertisements are and that an awareness of this influence pr

Architecture and society. --- Communication in architecture. --- Persuasion (Psychology) --- Communication --- Conformity --- Psychology, Applied --- Influence (Psychology) --- Propaganda --- Architecture --- Architecture and sociology --- Society and architecture --- Sociology and architecture --- Communicative architecture --- Social aspects --- Human factors

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Museology --- museums [buildings] --- influencing --- European