Guimet research plan 2026 2030

Axis 2

Context

of création

Art history , as a discipline for interpreting the evolution of forms and contexts of

creation , is one of the scientif ic approaches adopted by museums and will be one

of the major axes of this research plan . While Western museums hold many Asian

works of art – whether ritualistic and religious objects , paintings , sculptures , textiles

or everyday objects , they cannot be fully understood without reference to their

original context .

Therefore , placing these works in their geographical , historical , social and cultural

" terrain " allows not only a better anthropological and historical understanding , but

also a critical ref lection on the circumstances of acquisition , conservation and

exhibition of these objects . This is fundamental to restore the meaning , function

and initial value of the art pieces .

This is why cooperation with French and international archaeological missions ,

historians , epigraphers and specialists is essential . They make it possible to

re - evaluate and transform the way we perceive , tell and transmit knowledge of

these objects in museums .

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