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Antiques : The History of an Idea /
The notion of retrieving a bit of the past-by owning a material piece of it-has always appealed to humans. Often our most prized possessions are those that have had a long history before they came into our hands. Part of the pleasure we gain from the encounter with antiques stems from the palpable a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press,
[2011]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Preliminaries: Understanding Antiques
- 2. An Archeology of Antiques: A History of Antique Collecting and Connoisseurship
- 3. The Ten Criteria of Antiques
- 4. Conclusion: Antiques and Civilization
- Notes
- Index