Cabinets of Curiosities - Rilegato

Mauries, Patrick

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0500515948 ISBN 13: 9780500515945

Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson, 2011

Riassunto

This spectacular and ingenious history is one of those rare books that rescues a visually rich but little known subject from the past and shows its power to excite us today

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Informazioni sull?autore

Patrick Mauričs is a writer and publisher of many notable titles on fashion and design, including Jewelry by Chanel, A Cabinet of Rarities, The World According to Karl and Fashion Quotes to name a few, all published by Thames & Hudson.

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All knowledge, the cosmos arranged on shelves, in cupboards, or hanging from the ceiling, 'infinite riches in a little room' such were the cabinets of curiosities of the 17th century. This survey, now available in PLC, traces the amazing history of cabinets of curiosities, from their first appearance in the inventories and engravings commissioned by Renaissance nobles such as the Medici or the Hapsburgs, via those of the Dane Ole Wurm and the Italian polymath Athanasius Kircher, to the serious 17th- and 18th-century scientists Elias Ashmole and Levinas Vincent.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Thames & Hudson
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0500515948
• ISBN 13: 9780500515945
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile