- Title :
-
The origins of museums : the cabinet of curiosities in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe; Oxford; Oxford University Press
Exotica from Islam
- Author :
- RABY, Julian ;
- Publication year :
- 1985
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- Examines Islamic objects in 16th-c. and 17th-c. cabinets of curiosities and compares these with Islamic objects in Medieval Christian treasuries from the 15th c. Notes particularly the prevelance of textiles in earlier collections and the comparative lack of these in later kunstkammern. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- ill. ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ;
- French keywords :
- Art ; Cabinet de curiosités ; Collectionneurs ; Collections ; Comparaison ; Europe ; Moyen Age ; Musulman (art) ; Religion ; Salle de trésor ; Textiles ; 1400-1700 ;
- Descriptors :
- Art ; Cabinets of curiosities ; Collections ; Collectors ; Comparison ; Europe ; Islamic ; Medieval ; Religion ; Textiles ; Treasuries (rooms) ; 1400-1700 ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- INIST identifier :
- 24874627 ;
- ISBN :
- ISBN 0199521085 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher country :
- UNITED KINGDOM ;
