@article{Theaterofnature:2634,
      recid = {2634},
      author = {Lorenz, Angela},
      title = {Theater of nature, or, Curiosity filled the cabinet /  written and illustrated by Angela Lorenz. Curiosity filled  the cabinet},
      address = {2002},
      pages = {1 volume (unpaginated) : illustrations (some color) ; 18  cm.},
      note = {"This pop-up museum housed in a magic lantern box is an  amusing introduction to the history of museums from Ancient  Greece through the 18th century. The artist's hand drawn  copperplate etchings, based on old engravings depicting the  earliest museums in Europe, are reproduced here in a  facsimile version of the original limited-edition artist's  book."--Case. "This work was inspired by the remnants of  the most famous and extensive collection of artifacts,  mostly natural, in 16th c. Europe. They were amassed by  Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605), the first professor of  natural history ever appointed in Italy, at the University  of Bologna."--Artist's Website. Title from case. Offset  printed trade ed. of a work originally published by A.  Lorenz, Bologna, Italy, 2000 in an ed. of 10 copies. Book  consists of a central panel with accordion folded pages,  printed on both sides, extending from either side. When the  accordions are extended from the the center, in the fashion  of french doors, they create the "theater". In this  position, the reproduction copper-plate etchings form a  collection of curiosities or wunderkammer, receding into  the distance. The etchings, hand-drawn and printed by the  artist, are based on the images of six early museums in  Europe, put together to form one fictitious museum. Housed  in a folding paper case. When the book is removed from it,  the case may be set up to form a magic lantern, a sort of  early slide projector from the 17th century. The front of  the case was die-cut to resemble the display cabinet in the  first black and white image in the book.},
      url = {http://digitalcoll.skidmore.edu/record/2634},
}