Macrocosmos in Microcosmo: Die Welt in der Stube Zur Geschichte des Sammelns 1450 bis 1800 (Berliner Schriften zur Museumskunde)

by Andreas Grote (Editor)

1 Graf, Bernhard und Treinen, Reiner, Besucher im Technischen Museum, Berliner Schritten zur Museumskunde Bd. 4, Berlin 1983, insbes. ab S. 129. 2 Pomian, Krzysztof, Fur eine Geschichte der Semiophoren. Anmerkungen zu den Vasen der Medici-Sammlungen, Der Ursprung des Museums, Berlin 1988, S. 73ff. 3 Lenoir, Timothy, und Ross, Cheryl Lynn, Das naturalisierte Geschichts Museum, in diesem Bande ab S. 4. 4 Benjamin, Walter, Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reprodu zierbarkeit. Drei Studien zur Kunstsoziologie, Frankfurt/Main 1963. 5 Herbst, Wolfgang und Leuykin, K.G. (Hrsg.), Museologie. Theoretische Grund lagen und Methodik der Arbeit in Geschichtsmuseen, Berlin (0) 1988, ins bes. S. 56f. 6 Gluzinsky, Wojciech, U podstaw muzeologii, Warschau 1980, insbes. Kap. X. 7 Pearce, Susan M., Objects as Signs and Symbols, Museums Journal Vol. 86, no. 3, Dez. 1986, S. 131-135; dies., Summary ofSecond Lecture given to IS SOM (International Summer School of Museology), Brunn CSFR, August 1988."

967 pages, Hardcover

First published January 30, 1994

Reviews

[Oana Sorescu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excelent collection! Broad range of topics covered, but overarching themes of history of museum from 1500 to 1900 appear through most of the essays. You can really get a lot out of it, the articles are quite short generally, but to the point and with just enough bibliographical detail to guide you in the right direction. The approach is historical/epistemological, unlike so many articles of the same topic written in English, which often tend to "philosophize" in the detriment of actual analysis. The German is quite accessible as well. I'd heartily recommend it to anyone interested in the topic.