The Collector's Voice: Critical Readings in the Practice of Collecting
The Collector's Voice is a major 4-volume project which brings together in accessible form material relevant to the history and practice of collecting in the European tradition from circa 1500 BC to the present day. The series demonstrates how attitudes to objects, the collecting of objects, and...
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The Collector's Voice is a major 4-volume project which brings together in accessible form material relevant to the history and practice of collecting in the European tradition from circa 1500 BC to the present day. The series demonstrates how attitudes to objects, the collecting of objects, and the shape of the museum institution has developed over the past 3000 years. Material presented includes translations of a wide range of original documents: letters, official reports, verse, fiction, travelers' accounts, catalogs and labels.
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Format: Unknown Binding
ISBN:
9781859284179 (1859284175)
Publish date: January 1st 2000
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Edition language: English
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