The cultures of collecting

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The work The cultures of collecting represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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The cultures of collecting

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edited by John Elsner and Roger Cardinal

Contributor

• Elsner, John
• Cardinal, Roger

Editor

• Cardinal, Roger
• Elsner, John

Subject

• Collectors and collecting -- Miscellanea
• Collectors and collecting -- Social aspects

Genre

• Miscellanea

Language

eng

Summary

• Offering a spectrum of approaches to the phenomenon of collecting from the 16th century to the present, this book covers the collecting of any sort of material objects. It not only deals with the physical objects, but examines the organization of ideas and intellectual models 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 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 conquistadors in America in the sixteenth century, and the British in the Pacific in the eighteenth -- and the more recent collectors of popular culture, be they of Swatch watches, Elvis Presley memorabilia or of packaging and advertising."--

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non fiction

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