"'The Cultures of Collecting' examines the psychology, history and theory of the primary compulsion to accumulate, classify and arrange." -- publisher's statement. Edited by John Elsner and Roger Cardinal. ... [details]
Anthology of texts discussing changes in representation between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries. Includes written contributions by Pontus Hulten, R.J.W. Evans, Alfonso E. Perez Sanchez, Sven Alfons, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Maurice Rheims, Eliska Fucíková, Piero Falchetta, Aomi Okabe, Jean Clair, Paolo Fabbri, Massimo Caccriari, Salvador Dalí, Vittorio Sgarbi, René Thom, Ilya Prigogine, Tonino Tornitore, and Frantisek Makes. ... [details]
