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To Have And To Hold An Intimate History Of Collectors and ~ To Have and To Hold is a captivating tour of collectors and their treasures from medieval times to the present from a cabinet containing unicorn horns and a Tsars collection of teeth to the macabre art of embalmer Dr Frederick Ruysch the fabled castle of William Randolph Hearst and the truly preoccupied men who stockpile food wrappers and plastic cups
To Have and to Hold An Intimate History of Collectors ~ To Have and to Hold An Intimate History of Collectors and Collecting Philipp Blom on FREE shipping on qualifying offers The acquisition of objects is close to the heart of what it is to be human In the world of the collector this acquisition is divorced from utility
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To Have And To Hold An Intimate History Of Collectors and ~ To Have and To Hold is a captivating tour of collectors and their treasures from medieval times to the present from a cabinet containing unicorn horns and a From amassing sacred relics to collecting celebrity memorabilia the impulse to hoard has gripped humankind throughout the centuries
To Have and to Hold An Intimate History of Collectors and ~ In To Have and to Hold Philipp Blom explores the history of the collecting passion from the Renaissance to the present Every collected object be it a matchbook or a martyrs fingernail carries a meaning that transcends the object itself it is a totem
To Have and to Hold An Intimate History of Collectors and ~ To Have and to Hold An Intimate History of Collectors and Collecting The phenomenon of collecting has been documented for around 500 years Early on there were reliquaries studiolos and the Kunstschrank an ornamental piece of furniture with multiple drawers filled with objects that were metaphors for life
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To have and to hold an intimate history of collectors ~ Get this from a library To have and to hold an intimate history of collectors and collecting Philipp Blom Investigating the history of collecting from the Renaissance to our day Blom shows a multiplicity of worlds the scientific cabinets of the fifteenth century and an Italian scholar employed as
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