Possessing Nature
by Paula Findlen
Title:
Possessing Nature
Author:
Paula Findlen
Series (if any):
Studies on the History of Society and Culture
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
449 pages
Publisher:
University of California Press
ISBN-13:
9780520205086
EAN:
9780520205086
Publication Date:
02/04/1996
Classifications:
Museology & heritage studies
Weight (g):
844
Dimensions (mm):
226 x 150 x 29
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£29.58
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Description
In 1500 few Europeans regarded nature as a subject worthy of inquiry. Yet years later the first museums of natural history had appeared in Italy, dedicated to the marvels of nature. Drawing on archives of visitors' books, letters, and pleas for patronage, this title reconstructs the lost social world of Renaissance and Baroque museums.
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