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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Korallenbaum
Korallengewächse des...
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Astrolabium
Einen besonderen Stellenwert...
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Automatenuhr mit Löwe
Figuren- oder Automatenuhren...
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Herkules
Der Dresdener Bildhauer Paul...
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Nautiluspokal
Neben Korallen, Kokosnüssen...
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