Paula Findlen: 1 book
Possessing Nature
Museums, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 1994
In 1500 few Europeans regarded nature as a subject worthy of inquiry. Yet fifty years later the first museums of natural history had appeared in Italy, dedicated to the marvels of nature. Italian patricians, their curiosity fueled by new voyages of exploration and the humanist rediscovery of nature,...
