Possessing nature : museums, collecting, and scientific culture in early modern Italy /

In 1500 few Europeans regarded nature as a subject worthy of inquiry. Yet fifty years later the first museums of natural history had appeared in Italy, dedicated to the marvels of nature. Italian patricians, their curiosity fueled by new voyages of exploration and the humanist rediscovery of nature,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Findlen, Paula (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1994.
Colección:Studies on the history of society and culture ; 20.
Temas:
Science museums > Italy > History.
Science museums > Europe > History.
Natural history museums > Italy > History.
Natural history museums > Europe > History.
Sciences > Musées > Italie > Histoire.
Sciences > Musées > Europe > Histoire.
Sciences naturelles > Musées > Italie > Histoire.
Sciences naturelles > Musées > Europe > Histoire.
NATURE > Essays.
NATURE > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Natural history museums
Science museums
Europe
Italy
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Locating the museum
  • "A world of wonders in one closet shut"
  • Searching for paradigms
  • Sites of knowledge
  • Laboratories of nature
  • Pilgrimages of science
  • Fare esperienza
  • Museums of medicine
  • Economies of exchange
  • Inventing the collector
  • Patrons, brokers, and strategies
  • Epilogue: The old and the new.

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