Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonderby Lawrence Weschler | |
| Category: |
"Arts and Entertainment" |
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| Pages: | 150 |
| Year of Publication: | 1995 |
| Date Added: | 12/10/2019 |
| Date Read: | 10/03/2023 |
| Notes: | Subtitle: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology The first half of the book is about a quirky museum in L.A. that contains exhibits that are sometimes real, sometimes not, and sometimes an odd mix of both. It's all presented with ironic seriousness, and the viewer is left to guess and wonder what's true and what's not. The second half of the book looks at the origins of museums—the wunderkammers—"wonder cabinets—built before science had unraveled the nature of things. They were built by collectors to house all sorts of strange things that were unusual and unexplained. |
| My Rating: | 5 |
Reviewed by Roger on 2023-10-04 04:51:15
