The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Body/Building: Living the Museum Life in Early Modern Europe
Secondary Title (i.e. Proceedings Title): Periodical Title:Rhetorica Publication Type:Journal Article Authors:Tribby,JayEditors: Publisher: Place of Publication: Publication Date:1992 Alternate Date (i.e. Conference Date): Volume:10 Issue:2 Start Page:139 End Page:163 Abstract:Analyzes the discourse of rhetorical instruction, bodily comportment, and collecting to trace a cultural history of civility within the early modern European court. The historical emergence of the domestic museum as a site for the courtier's display of his social status may best be understood within the context of civility's rise to prominence within court culture, where the courtier's body was itself regarded as a repository of his social capacities. [J]
Descriptors/Keywords:Social status
Museums
Europe
Civility (concept)
Aristocracy
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