Curious collectors, collected curiosities : an interdisciplinary study / edited by Janelle A. Schwartz and Nhora Lucía Serrano.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schwartz, Janelle A., editor.

Serrano, Nhora Lucía, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collectors and collecting.

Collectors and collecting--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 164 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2010]

Summary:

This study asks its readers to enter into an investigation of the nature of collecting as an aesthetic exercise. Spanning the 16th-century through today, it gathers together the work of current scholars to re-envision the task of collectors and their collections in broad strokes.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-5275-5338-8

OCLC:

1159411136