Cultures of Collecting

Cultures of Collecting
Author: John Elsner
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1994
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780948462511
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Offering a spectrum of approaches to the phenomenon of collecting from the 16th century to the present, this book covers the collecting of any sort of material objects. It not only deals with the physical objects, but examines the organization of ideas and intellectual models of collecting.


Cultures of Collecting
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Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-09-02 - Publisher: Reaktion Books

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This book traces the psychology, history and theory of the compulsion to collect, focusing not just on the normative collections of the Western canon, but also
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Categories: Collectibles
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Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-12-03 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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As more parts of the world outside Europe became accessible =– and in the wake of social and technological developments in the 18th century – a growing numb
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-06-25 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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