The cultures of collecting / edited by John Elsner and Roger Cardinal.
The cultures of collecting / edited by John Elsner and Roger Cardinal.
The cultures of collecting / edited by John Elsner and Roger Cardinal.
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Publisher
London : Reaktion Books, 1997, c1994.
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Date
1997, c1994.
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Language
English
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Physical content
1 online resource (322 pages)
Content type
text
Media type
computer
Carrier type
online resource
Contents
Contents; Photographic Acknowledgements; Notes on the Editors and Contributors; Introduction; 1 The System of Collecting; 2 'Unless you do these crazy things ...': An Interview with Robert Opie; 3 Identity Parades; 4 Collecting and Collage-making: The Case of Kurt Schwitters; 5 Telling Objects: A Na...
9 Cabinets of Transgression: Renaissance Collections and the Incorporation of the New World10 Death and Life, in that Order, in the Works of Charles Willson Peale; 11 'Mille e tre': Freud and Collecting; 12 Collecting Paris; References; Select Bibliography; Index
Publication information
Publisher
London : Reaktion Books, 1997, c1994.
Series
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1997, c1994.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
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 on collections that reflect a fascination with the ""Other"" and the marginal - the ephemeral, exotic, or just plain curious.There are essays on the Neoclassical architect Sir John Soane, Si...
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The cultures of collecting / edited by John Elsner and Roger Cardinal.
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BOOK
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Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-304) and index.
Language note
English
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Record Identifier
74VK3y77DXyg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK3y77DXyg
Other Identifiers
ISBN
1-282-26386-2
DDC
709 790.132
MMS ID
991023912688002626
