The cultures of collecting /

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 cur...

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Hauptverfasser:
Elsner, John., Cardinal, Roger.
Weitere Verfasser:
Elsner, John, Cardinal, Roger
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
London : Reaktion Books, 1997, c1994.
Zusammenfassung:
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, Sigmund Freud and Kurt Schwitters, one of the masters of collage. Others examine imperialist encounters with remote cultures - the consquitadors in America in the sixteenth century, and the British in the Pacific in the eighteenth - and the more recent
Umfang:
1 online resource (322 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-304) and index.
ISBN:
9786612263866
9781282263864
1282263862
9781861894212
186189421X
Schlagworte:
Collectors and collecting > Miscellanea.
Collectors and collecting > Social aspects.
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