Collecting nature / / edited by Andrea Gáldy and Sylvia Heudecker

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014; ©2014
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7
• Soggetto topico: Environmentalism - Economic aspects; Environmentalism - Decision making
• Persona (resp. second.): GáldyAndrea M.; HeudeckerSylvia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHAPTER ABSTRACTS""; ""CHAPTER ONE""; ""CHAPTER TWO""; ""CHAPTER THREE""; ""CHAPTER FOUR""; ""CHAPTER FIVE""; ""CHAPTER SIX""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT""; ""CHAPTER NINE""; ""CHAPTER TEN""; ""EPILOGUE AND OUTLOOK""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""AUTHORSâ€? BIOGRAPHIES""; ""INDEX""
• Sommario/riassunto: Nature can be collected in many forms and shapes: live animals have been locked up in cages, displayed in zoos and menageries and their hides and dried body parts have been used as part of installations in galleries and studies. Plants from far-away countries have been cultivated in botanical gardens and in hothouses. Furthermore, the depiction of medicinal plants and of prized animals was regarded as an important part of the decorative schemes, in an attempt to bring nature indoors. Recent research has also shown that artificialia and naturalia were displayed side by side in early modern Euro
• Titolo autorizzato: Collecting nature
• ISBN: 1-4438-7508-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787432803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II