Possessing nature : museums, collecting, and scientific culture in early modern Italy /

• Main Author: Findlen, Paula (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, �1994.
• Series: Studies on the history of society and culture ; 20.
• Subjects: Science museums > Italy > History.; Science museums > Europe > History.; Natural history museums > Italy > History.; Natural history museums > Europe > History.; NATURE > Essays.; NATURE > Reference.; TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.; HISTORY > Europe > General.; Natural history museums.; Science museums.; Europe.; Italy.; Electronic books.; History.

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,...