For the first time, the pioneering book that launched the study of art and curiosity cabinets is available in English. Julius von Schlosser’s Die Kunst- und W

Sammlungsschwerpunkte und Erwerbungsstrategien, ästhetische Wertschätzung und Preisgestaltung, Präsentation und Aufstellung, Netzwerke von Agenten, Kunsthän

Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-s

"With the advent of the printing press in Europe, the possibility of assembling a personal library became more and more attainable for the cultural elite. In th

The Origins of Museums is an extensive account of the first great collections in late sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe. The collections, then called 'ca