关键词: 美术馆, 公共性, 庙堂, 市场, 空间形态, 演变

Abstract: As an important type of public building, the origins of art museums are closely related to the types of private buildings in the west. The "public" property of art museums was later developed. From the perspective of the publicity concept, the evolution process for Western art museums since the Renaissance can be divided into four stages and, based on such division, the backgrounds of the different stages and spatial forms of the corresponding art museums were summarized. The research was conducted to provide historical references for the correct understanding of the essence of various activities undertaken by art museums.

Key words: art museum, public property, temple, market, space form, evolution