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Beyond 'art collections' : owning and accumulating objects from Greek antiquity to the early modern period

Title
Beyond 'art collections' : owning and accumulating objects from Greek antiquity to the early modern period / edited by Gianfranco Adornato, Gabriella Cirucci, and Walter Cupperi.
Publication
Berlin : Walter De Gruyter GmbH, [2020]

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Additional Authors
  • Adornato, Gianfranco
  • Cirucci, Gabriella
  • Cupperi, Walter
Description
269 pages, color plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
Summary
"Concepts such as "art collection" and "art cabinet" and "cabinet of curiosities" are strongly embedded in the scholarly discourse of the 19th and 20th centuries. They are based on the assumption that a form-based understanding of art has higher cultural value, that collections portray the "taste" and "passion" of their owners, and that art has no practical use. These terms were used in order to describe how objects were accumulated under very different cultural conditions long before the 18th century. This volume makes analogies with contemporary collections, institutions, and forms of knowledge in order to be able to explain the accumulation and presentation of objects since Greek antiquity"--
Subject
  • Art > Collectors and collecting > History
  • Art > Collectors and collecting
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  • Text in English; 1 contribution in Italian.
Call Number
JQE 21-19
ISBN
  • 9783110537918
  • 3110537915
LCCN
  • 2020936978
  • 9783110537918
OCLC
1063665359
Title
Beyond 'art collections' : owning and accumulating objects from Greek antiquity to the early modern period / edited by Gianfranco Adornato, Gabriella Cirucci, and Walter Cupperi.
Publisher
Berlin : Walter De Gruyter GmbH, [2020]
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language
Text in English; 1 contribution in Italian.
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Adornato, Gianfranco, editor.
Cirucci, Gabriella, editor.
Cupperi, Walter, editor.
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Ebook version : 9783110538885
Other Standard Identifier
9783110537918
Research Call Number
JQE 21-19
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