
Art and Curiosity Cabinets of the Late Renaissance - A Contribution to the History of Collecting
by Jonathan Blower
Title:
Art and Curiosity Cabinets of the Late Renaissance - A Contribution to the History of Collecting
Author:
Jonathan Blower
Series (if any):
Getty Publications - (Yale)
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
224 pages
Publisher:
Getty Trust Publications
ISBN-13:
9781606066652
EAN:
9781606066652
Publication Date:
12/01/2021
Classifications:
Museology & heritage studies
Weight (g):
848
Dimensions (mm):
180 x 257 x 17
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Available in English for the first time, Julius von Schlosser's seminal work in the history of art and collecting was the first study to interpret sixteenth- and seventeenth-century cabinets of wonder as precursors to the modern museum, situating them within a history of collecting going back to Greco-Roman antiquity.











