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  • The Collector's Voice

    Critical Readings in the Practice of Collecting: Volume 2: Early Voices

    Series series Perspectives on Collecting
    The Collector’s Voice is a major four-volume project which brings together in accessible form material relevant to the history and practice of collecting in the European tradition from c. 1500 BC to the present day. The series demonstrates how attitudes to objects, the collecting of objects, and the shape of the museum institution have developed over the past 3000 years. Material presented ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • The Collector's Voice

    Critical Readings in the Practice of Collecting: Volume 1: Ancient Voices

    Series series Perspectives on Collecting
    The Collector’s Voice is a major four-volume project which brings together in accessible form material relevant to the history and practice of collecting in the European tradition from c. 1500 BC to the present day. The series demonstrates how attitudes to objects, the collecting of objects, and the shape of the museum institution have developed over the past 3000 years. Material presented ... Leer más

    $52.99 USD

  • The Collector's Voice

    Critical Readings in the Practice of Collecting: Volume 3: Modern Voices

    Series series Perspectives on Collecting
    The Collector’s Voice is a major four-volume project which brings together in accessible form material relevant to the history and practice of collecting in the European tradition from c. 1500 BC to the present day. The series demonstrates how attitudes to objects, the collecting of objects, and the shape of the museum institution have developed over the past 3000 years. Material presented ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • The Collector's Voice

    Critical Readings in the Practice of Collecting: Volume 4: Contemporary Voices

    Series series Perspectives on Collecting
    The Collector’s Voice is a major four-volume project which brings together in accessible form material relevant to the history and practice of collecting in the European tradition from c. 1500 BC to the present day. The series demonstrates how attitudes to objects, the collecting of objects, and the shape of the museum institution have developed over the past 3000 years. Material presented ... Leer más

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  • The Parthenon Marbles

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  • The British Museum

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