1st Edition
The Collector's Voice Critical Readings in the Practice of Collecting: Volume 2: Early Voices
374 Pages
by
Routledge
384 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Collector’s Voice is a major four-volume project which brings together in accessible form material relevant to the history and practice of collecting in the European tradition from c. 1500 BC to the present day. The series demonstrates how attitudes to objects, the collecting of objects, and the shape of the museum institution have developed over the past 3000 years. Material presented... Read more
General preface; Introduction, Susan Pearce and Ken Arnold; Curious voices; Scientific voices; Enlightened voices; Antique voices; Strange voices; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Susan Pearce, Rosemary Flanders, Fiona Morton
'The series is well produced, the proof reading is good...and the authors are to be congratulated on bringing together such a wealth of interesting material...they have created books which are simply a delight to dip into.' International Journal of Heritage Studies '...these volumes...will be a boon to writers in this subject-area as finding-aids to specific passages.' Journal of the History of Collections
