Cultures of Collecting

Cultures of Collecting
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Publisher : Reaktion Books
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 0948462515
ISBN-13 : 9780948462511
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Book Synopsis Cultures of Collecting by : John Elsner

Download or read book Cultures of Collecting written by John Elsner and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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