Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy Volume 20
(Part of the Studies on the History of Society and Culture Series)
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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, created vast collections as a means of knowing the world and used this knowledge to their greater glory. Drawing on extensive archives of visitors' books,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520205081
ISBN13:9780520205086
Release Date:April 1996
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:449 Pages
Weight:1.48 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.8" x 8.9"
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