The Baroque Aristocratic and Bourgeois Libraries (VP) - AISV50216
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Poslední úprava: UISRIMAN (20.10.2017)
Monday 12:30 a.m. - 2:05 p.m.<br> National Museum: <br> 5 ECTS<br> <br> In the beginning, the lecture will introduce the general cultural background of aristocracy and bourgeoisie of <br> baroque <br> Europe and formal as well as effectual position of the library in the system. Emphasis will be put on finding <br> common signs of <br> both the libraries of aristocracy and of bourgeoisie as well as their individual differences.<br> <br> In case of the aristocratic milieu the representative importance of the family libraries and realization of the <br> renaissance <br> concept of bibliotheca universalis will be focused on. The bourgeois libraries will be presented with special <br> respect to their <br> exploitation in the owner's profession and thence the differences in the topical structure of the profession libraries.<br> <br> Ways of acquisition, possessor's records and marks and their importance as a research source for the history of <br> libraries <br> will be discussed with respect to both the aristocratic and bourgeois libraries. <br> <br> As an appendix to the lecture the baroque passion for collections and collecting (Sammellust) and the <br> phenomena of <br> cabinet of curiosities (cabinet de curiosités, Kunstkammer) will be described together with relations and bounds <br> between the <br> art collections and the libraries themselves. <br> <br> <br> |