Antiques
Subtitle: the history of an idea
By: Leon Rosenstein.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780801447341
Subjects: Antiques -- History; Antiques business -- History; Collectors and collecting -- History; Aesthetics -- Philosophy
Description: "In Antiques: The History of an Idea, Leon Rosenstein, a distinguished philosopher who has also been an antiques dealer for more than twenty years, offers a sweeping and lively account of the origin and development of the antique as both a cultural concept and an aesthetic category. He shows that the appeal of antiques is multifaceted: it concerns their value as commodities, their age and historical and cultural associations, their uniqueness, their sensuous and tactile values, their beauty."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.