Art and Curiosity Cabinets of the Late Renaissance - A Contribution to the History of Collecting (Paperback)

Julius Von Schlosser

ISBN 10: 160606665X / ISBN 13: 9781606066652

Verlag: Getty Trust Publications, Santa Monica CA, 2021

Beschreibung

Paperback. For the first time, the pioneering book that launched the study of art and curiosity cabinets is available in English.Julius von Schlossers Die Kunst- und Wunderkammern der Spaetrenaissance (Art and Curiosity Cabinets of the Late Renaissance) is a seminal work in the history of art and collecting. Originally published in German in 1908, it was the first study to interpret sixteenth- and seventeenth-century cabinets of wonder as precursors to the modern museum, situating them within a history of collecting going back to Greco-Roman antiquity. In its comparative approach and broad geographical scope, Schlossers book introduced an interdisciplinary and global perspective to the study of art and material culture, laying the foundation for museum studies and the history of collections. Schlosser was an Austrian professor, curator, museum director, and leading figure of the Vienna School of art history whose work has not achieved the prominence of his contemporaries until now. This eloquent and informed translation is preceded by Thomas DaCosta Kaufmanns substantial introduction. Tracing Schlossers biography and intellectual formation in Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century, it contextualizes his work among that of his contemporaries, offering a wealth of insights along the way. Available in English for the first time, Julius von Schlosser's seminal work in the history of art and collecting was the first study to interpret sixteenth- and seventeenth-century cabinets of wonder as precursors to the modern museum, situating them within a history of collecting going back to Greco-Roman antiquity. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Art and Curiosity Cabinets of the Late Renaissance - A Contribution to the History of Collecting (Paperback)
• Verlag: Getty Trust Publications, Santa Monica CA
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 160606665X
• ISBN-13: 9781606066652
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: new

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For the first time, the pioneering book that launched the study of art and curiosity cabinets is available in English.

Julius von Schlosser&;s Die Kunst- und Wunderkammern der Spätrenaissance (Art and Curiosity Cabinets of the Late Renaissance) is a seminal work in the history of art and collecting. Originally published in German in 1908, it was the first study to interpret sixteenth- and seventeenth-century cabinets of wonder as precursors to the modern museum, situating them within a history of collecting going back to Greco-Roman antiquity. In its comparative approach and broad geographical scope, Schlosser&;s book introduced an interdisciplinary and global perspective to the study of art and material culture, laying the foundation for museum studies and the history of collections. Schlosser was an Austrian professor, curator, museum director, and leading figure of the Vienna School of art history whose work has not achieved the prominence of his contemporaries until now.
 
This eloquent and informed translation is preceded by Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann&;s substantial introduction. Tracing Schlosser&;s biography and intellectual formation in Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century, it contextualizes his work among that of his contemporaries, offering a wealth of insights along the way.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann is Frederick Marquand Professor of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University. Author and editor of numerous books, articles, and reviews, he has received honorary doctorates from universities in Brno and Dresden, among other distinctions. He is a fellow of the Swedish, Flemish, and Polish Academies of Sciences and of the American Academies in Rome and Berlin.
 
Jonathan Blower is a translator of German texts on the visual arts.