Cabinet of curiosities
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- Note
- Cabinets of curiosities served not only as collections to reflect the particular curiosities of their curators but as social devices to establish and uphold rank in society. There are said to be two main types of cabinets. As R. J. W. Evans notes, there could be "the princely cabinet, serving a largely representational function, and dominated by aesthetic concerns and a marked predilection for the exotic," or the less grandiose, "the more modest collection of the humanist scholar or virtuoso, which served more practical and scientific purposes." Evans goes on to explain that "no clear distinction existed between the two categories: all collecting was marked by curiosity, shading into credulity, and by some sort of universal underlying design".
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Lukasevangelium
Das Lukasevangelium wurde vom...
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Image: Franckesche Stiftungen zu Halle - CC BY-NC-SA -
Malabarisches Chamäleon
Das Objekt stammt aus dem...
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Image: Franckesche Stiftungen zu Halle - CC BY-NC-SA -
Modell einer wassergetriebenen Stampfmühle
Das Funktionsmodell gehörte...
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Image: Franckesche Stiftungen zu Halle - CC BY-NC-SA -
Modell einer Drechselbank
Zur praktischen...
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Image: Franckesche Stiftungen zu Halle - CC BY-NC-SA -
Modell einer Mahlmühle mit Tretradantrieb
Anscheinend ist das Modell...
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Image: Franckesche Stiftungen zu Halle - CC BY-NC-SA
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