Collecting prints and drawings /
Cabinets of prints and drawings are found in the earliest art collections of Early Modern Europe. From the sixteenth century onwards, some of them acquired such fame that the necessity for an ordered and scientific display meant that a dedicated keeper was occasionally employed to ensure that fellow...
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| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2018.
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| Series: | Collecting histories.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Cabinets of prints and drawings are found in the earliest art collections of Early Modern Europe. From the sixteenth century onwards, some of them acquired such fame that the necessity for an ordered and scientific display meant that a dedicated keeper was occasionally employed to ensure that fellow enthusiasts, as well as visiting diplomats, courtiers and artists, might have access to the print room. Often collected and displayed together with drawings, the prints formed a substantial part of princely collections which sometimes achieved astounding longevity as a specialised group of collecti. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxviii, 403 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-365) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781527526549 1527526542 |
