The Nature of Classical Collecting: Collectors and Collections, 100 BCE-100 CE by Alexandra Bounia

The Nature of Classical Collecting: Collectors and Collections, 100 BCE-100 CE

Alexandra Bounia

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The phenomenon of collecting as a systematic activity undertaken for symbolic rather than actual needs, is traditionally taken to originate in the middle of the fifteenth century, when the first cabinets of curiosities appear in Italy. Yet it is c...

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