This is a big, beautiful introduction to the world of marvel collectors, beginning with the collections of saintly relics in the medieval church, to the artwork filled cabinets of the medici to the famously overflowing protomuseums of the early years of the scientific revolution. The book features an introduction and commentary by the authors and. The cabinet of curiosities is another novel by the bestselling team of douglas preston and lincoln child. It will capture the imagination of anyone inspired by bizarre and eclectic curiosities, or those with an interest in the art deco period. In this novel, nora kelly and bill smithback make another appearance, along with special agent pendergast, the curious fbi agent from new orleans. Ive been fascinated with the topic for a long time, and decided that it was time for me to add a book about cabinets of curiosities to my art book collection. Strecker, who was curator for 30 years, the museum was established in 1893 and was the oldest museum in texas when it closed in 2003 to be incorporated into the mayborn museum complex. Cabinets of curiosities was an excellent sourcebook for my last assessment for university, which involved creating my own collection of curiosities for my fine arts class. Patrick mauriees is a parisbased writer of many notable titles on fashion and design. Director and writer guillermo del toro unearths decades of his film notes, sketches, and illustrations in the new book cabinet of curiosities. It does have a few things on how to preserve natural specimens and some small exploitation sprinkled throughout the book. Oct 01, 2011 patrick mauries cabinets of curiosities is a study of rooms of wonder.
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Buy cabinets of curiosities compact by patrick mauries isbn. Great for reading alone or reading aloud at camp or school. The cabinet of curiosities, that strange assemblage of marvels from the natural world with virtuoso manmade objects, seemed definitively consigned to realms where only scholars venture. Cabinets of curiosities by patrick mauries penguin random house.
Modern terminology would categorize the objects included as belonging to natural history sometimes faked, geology. The cabinet of curiosities, that strange assemblage of marve. An important element of renaissance and baroque culture, conveying scientific understanding as much as artistic and aesthetic pleasure, the cabinet of curiosities was no match for enlightenment rationalism, subsisting only in the secret museums of collectors before finally making its comeback in the latter part of the twentieth century. The cabinet of curiosities, that strange assemblage of marvels from the natural world with virtuoso manmade objects, seemed definitively consigned to realms. Cabinet of curiosities id like it with less dead things but like the idea of a shadow box with a more ornate frame. Aug 23, 2011 patrick mauries cabinets of curiosities is a study of rooms of wonder.
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