The Cultures of Collecting
by John Elsner (Editor), Roger Cardinal (Editor)
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This book traces the psychology, history and theory of the compulsion to collect, focusing not just on the normative collections of the Western canon, but also on collections that reflect a fascination with the ""Other"" and the marginal - the ephemeral, exotic, or just plain curious.There are essays on the Neoclassical architect Sir John Soane, Sigmund Freud and Kurt Schwitters, one of the masters of collage. Others examine imperialist encounters with remote cultures - the consquitadors in show more America in the sixteenth century, and the British in the Pacific in the eighteenth - and the more recent show lessTags
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- Nonfiction, Anthropology, General Nonfiction, Art & Design, History
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- 790.132 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Recreational and performing arts General kinds of recreational activities Activities generally engaged in by individuals Collecting
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- AM231 .C84 — General Works Museums. Collectors and collecting Museums. Collectors and collecting Collectors and collecting
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