本文主旨首要在釐清藝術史學與博物館學之學科特質，遠可溯及古希臘的文 學敘事與記憶術傳統，歷經文藝復興時期的「記憶劇場」與藝術奇珍館從影 像到物件的視點挪移，以及藝術家兼藝術理論撰述者將藝術作品的「可視」 特質移轉為「可閱讀的」，再到奠基於「興衰理論」及風格分析的「線性」 藝術史學研究方法。 當真實的「物件」不再只是知識或宇宙論的象徵物，並與真實的「場所」相 結合，再從其中衍生分類與展示邏輯，現代定義下的博物館學於焉而生。當 藝術史與「藝術的文學」區分開來，發展出一套得以定位藝術作品的方法論， 並以美術館中的典藏為其研究主體，藝術類典藏與展示遂成為藝術史學研究 成果之附庸。 從原本為召喚大小宇宙相應的力量而創造影像及虛擬的場所，到將影像置入 真實的「劇場」，再將「劇場」收納影像的原則運用到藝術奇珍館中，最後 到美術館受藝術史學研究及其發展影響而淨空展示物件本身之外的元素並 以線性或主題式手法展出……，博物館學與藝術史學在形構與對話過程中， 是否逐漸失卻二門學科最重要的「人文主義精神」，則為本文之次要旨趣。

The principal objective of this paper is to distinctly define the disciplinary charicteristics of Art History and Museology. The developments of their disciplinary characteristics can be traced back to the traditional literary lyrics and Art of Memory of the ancient Greeks. These were followed by the "Theatre of Memory", Kunst und Wunderkammer, and the " Visibility" of artworks being transformed to "Readability", a change made by the artists and theorists during the Renaissance, after which came the research methodology of a linear Art History based on the theory of "Rise and Decline" and style analysis. Museology of modern connotation can only be born when the "Object" is no longer merely a symbol of knowledge or cosmology but combines with the real "Locus". And from here the logic of classification and display derives. When Art History separates from the “Literature of Art”, develops a methodology capable of positioning artworks and takes the collections of art museums as research subjects, artistic collections and exhibitions are therefore annexed to the findings of Art History. The second objective of this research relates to humanistic spirits, the meanings of Museology and Art History. A virtual locus is created in order to collect microcosm images corresponding to the Cosmos, followed by presenting the images in the "Theatre", after which came the application of the principles of the "Theatre" to the Kunst und Wunderkammer. Art museums finally arrive at the "White Cube", where linear and thematic exhibitions are the representative of the dialogue between Museology and Art History.