Author: David A. Berry
Title: Dodos and Dark Lanterns. Highlights of Ashmolean History.
Description: Oxford, Ashmolean, 2013 Softcover, 98pp., 26.5x19.5cm., richly illustr. in col., new. ISBN 9781854442819. ¶ Tells the story of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK, the world's first university museum, dating from the late 1600s Not your traditional approach to a museum history, but told through anecdotes about people famous and not-so and the objects they treasured It all started with the bequest of a cabinet of curios called "The Ark" Dodos and Dark Lanterns tells the fascinating story of Oxford's Ashmolean, the first public museum in the world. Through a series of interesting anecdotes, based on objects from the Ashmolean's collections, the book traces the eventful history of this remarkable institution, which evolved from a cabinet of curiosities, representing the world in microcosm, into a museum of art and archaeology, illustrating connections between cultures over time. In the process, it introduces a host of colorful characters, such as a local confectioner named James Sadler who became the first English aeronaut and a young schoolboy known as Ned who grew up to be the legendary Lawrence of Arabia. Contents: Map of Oxford; Introduction; Tradescant's Orchard; Powhatan's Mantle; Praemia Honoraria; Statutes Order.
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Title: Dodos and Dark Lanterns. Highlights of Ashmolean History.
Description: Oxford, Ashmolean, 2013 Softcover, 98pp., 26.5x19.5cm., richly illustr. in col., new. ISBN 9781854442819. ¶ Tells the story of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK, the world's first university museum, dating from the late 1600s Not your traditional approach to a museum history, but told through anecdotes about people famous and not-so and the objects they treasured It all started with the bequest of a cabinet of curios called "The Ark" Dodos and Dark Lanterns tells the fascinating story of Oxford's Ashmolean, the first public museum in the world. Through a series of interesting anecdotes, based on objects from the Ashmolean's collections, the book traces the eventful history of this remarkable institution, which evolved from a cabinet of curiosities, representing the world in microcosm, into a museum of art and archaeology, illustrating connections between cultures over time. In the process, it introduces a host of colorful characters, such as a local confectioner named James Sadler who became the first English aeronaut and a young schoolboy known as Ned who grew up to be the legendary Lawrence of Arabia. Contents: Map of Oxford; Introduction; Tradescant's Orchard; Powhatan's Mantle; Praemia Honoraria; Statutes Order.
Keywords: science wetenschappen collectie collection rariteiten rarities
Price: EUR 24.99 = appr. US$ 27.16 Seller: Erik Tonen Books
- Book number: 43424
- Book number: 43424
See more books from our catalog: Geschiedenis ; History ; Histoire ; Geschichte