Andrea,

Don't think this text has been mentioned:

Impey, O. & A. MacGregor (eds), (1985), The Origins of Museums: The Cabinet
of Curiosities in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Europe, Clarendon
Press, Oxford.

Robin Trotter
Griffith University
Brisbane Qld




>Andrea,
>
>You might want to have a look at Krzysztof Pomian's "Collectors and
>Curiosities: Paris and Venice, 1500-1800" (London, 1990), and Paula
>Findlen's "Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting and Scientific Culture
>in early Modern Italy" (Berkeley, 1996). The exhibition catalogue, "The
>Age of the Marvelous" (Joy Kenseth, editor. Hanover, 1986) is a useful
>source for info on early European collecting practices. "Wonders and the
>Order of Nature 1150-1750" by Lorraine Daston & Katharine Park (Zone
>Books, 1998) is also worth investigating.
>
>Hope these help!
>
>Greg Davies
>Ph.D. Candidate
>Graduate Dept. of History of Art
>University of Toronto
>________________________________
>
>On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Andrea Hauenschild wrote:
>
>> Another title and the right e-mail address to respond to, but the same
>>message :
>> I am looking for some literature and/or thoughts on the philosophies
>>that underlie the various systems of object classification. I am working
>>on a research project about the act of classifying the universe as
>>applied to collections, about how people take possession of reality and
>>create sense by categorizing and rationalizing things.
>> Any ideas, thoughts, hints, advice from the museum list ?
>> Thanks a lot in advance for your help and interest,
>> Andrea Hauenschild
>> [log in to unmask]
>> 514-495-1378
>>

Dr Robin Trotter
Research Fellow
Australian Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy
Faculty of Arts
Griffith University
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