The first treatise on museums : Samuel Quiccheberg's Inscriptiones, 1565 / Samuel Quiccheberg ; translation by Mark A. Meadow and Bruce Robertson ; edited by Mark A. Meadow with Bruce Robertson.

Main entry:

Quicchelberg, Samuel, 1529-1567.

Title & Author:

The first treatise on museums : Samuel Quiccheberg's Inscriptiones, 1565 / Samuel Quiccheberg ; translation by Mark A. Meadow and Bruce Robertson ; edited by Mark A. Meadow with Bruce Robertson.

Publication:

Los Angeles : Getty Research Institute, [2013]
©2013

Description:

xiii, 145 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Series:

Texts & documents / Getty Research Institute

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-139) and index.
Preface: Wonderful museums and Quiccheberg's Inscriptiones / Bruce Robertson -- Introduction / Mark A. Meadow -- Plates --Biography of Samuel Quiccheberg / Heinrich Pantaleon -- Preface to Quiccheberg manuscript / Leo Quiccheberg -- Inscriptions; or, Titles of the most ample theater / Samuel Quiccheberg.
Translated from the Latin.

Summary:

"Samuel Quiccheberg’s Inscriptiones, first published in Latin in 1565, is an ambitious effort to demonstrate the pragmatic value of curiosity cabinets, or Wunderkammern, to princely collectors in sixteenth-century Europe and, by so doing, inspire them to develop their own such collections. Quiccheberg shows how the assembly and display of physical objects offered nobles a powerful means to expand visual knowledge, allowing them to incorporate empirical and artisanal expertise into the realm of the written word. But in mapping out the collectability of the material world, Quiccheberg did far more than create a taxonomy. Rather, he demonstrated how organizing objects made their knowledge more accessible; how objects, when juxtaposed or grouped, could tell a story; and how such strategies could enhance the value of any single object. Quiccheberg’s descriptions of early modern collections provide both a point of origin for today’s museums and an implicit critique of their aims, asserting the fundamental research and scholarly value of collections: collections are to be used, not merely viewed. The First Treatise on Museums makes Quiccheberg’s now rare publication available in an English translation. Complementing the translation are a critical introduction by Mark A. Meadow and a preface by Bruce Robertson."-- Publisher's website.

ISBN:

9781606061497 (paperback)
1606061496 (paperback)

Subject:

Quichelberg, Samuel 1529-1567 Inscriptiones vel tituli theatri amplissimi
Heimatmuseum der Gemeinde Gründau
Museum techniques Early works to 1800.
Museums Philosophy.
Collectors and collecting History.
Cabinets of curiosities Early works to 1800.
Muséologie Ouvrages avant 1800.
Musées Philosophie.
Cabinets d'amateurs Ouvrages avant 1800.
Cabinets of curiosities.
Collectors and collecting.
Museum techniques.
Museiteknik.
Museer.
Kuriosakabinett.
Samlarverksamhet historia.

Form/genre:

Early works.
History.

Added entries:

Meadow, Mark A., translator, editor.
Robertson, Bruce, 1955- translator, editor.
Texts & documents.

Samuel Quiccheberg's Inscriptiones, 1565

Holdings:

Location: Library main 284756
Call No.: BIB 223900
Status: Available

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