Mauriès, Patrick, 1952-

Cabinets of curiosities / Patrick Mauriès.

New York : Thames & Hudson, 2002.
©2002

256 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

"In this erudite survey Patrick Mauries traces the amazing history of these 'rooms of wonders'. Not many survive, though there are pictorial records. But their contents still exist and are among the treasures of museums all over the world." "Once the concern only of scholars and art-historians, the cabinet of curiosities has, since the Surrealists, undergone an astonishing revival as an object of aesthetic pleasure, as well as emerging as a source of inspiration for interior decorators and contemporary artists." "This is one of those rare books that rescues a visually exciting but apparently abstruse subject from the distant past and shows its considerable resonant power to interest, excite and move us today."--Jacket.

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Localisation: Bibliothèque main 224994
Cote: AG243 .M3 2002
Statut: Disponible