The Museum Book: A Guide to Strange and Wonderful Collections - Brossura

Mark, Jan

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ISBN 10: 1406319724 ISBN 13: 9781406319729

Casa editrice: Walker Books, 2010

Riassunto

A paperback edition of this unique and fascinating guide exploring everything from the history of museums, to the very meaning of the word "museum", illustrated with incredible collage-style art. Suppose you went into a museum and you didn't know what it was. From the first sentence of this brilliant book, Jan Mark inspires us to think. She muses on the Muses and the word museum, on why and how people collect things, on different kinds of museums (cabinets, buildings, villages, towns), on their contribution to science and on the notion of classification. She examines the Elgin Marbles (saved or stolen?), famous fakes, the dodo, and some great collectors.

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Descrizione del libro:

A paperback edition of this unique and fascinating guide exploring everything from the history of museums, to the very meaning of the word "museum", illustrated with incredible collage-style art.

L'autore:

Jan Mark (1946–2006) was one of Britain's most distinguished authors of books for young people. She was twice awarded the Carnegie Medal and also won the Penguin Guardian Award, the Observer Teenage Fiction Prize and the Angel Award for Fiction.

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• Editore: Walker Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1406319724
• ISBN 13: 9781406319729
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 56
• Disegnatore: Richard Holland