The Lure of Antiquity and the Cult of the Machine

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The Lure of Antiquity and the Cult of the Machine is written by Horst Bredekamp and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1558760938 (ISBN 10) and 9781558760936 (ISBN 13).

Bredekamp (art history, Humboldt U.) explains the sources of pictures of the Baroque era and offers insights on the relationships between art, science, and scholarship in early modern Europe, in this analysis of the Kunstkammer, displays of art and oddities amassed by wealthy Europeans during the 16th to the 18th centuries. He combines analysis of images with interpretation of texts in a new account of the development of aesthetics and natural history of the period. Includes bandw photos. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR