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cabinet ofscientific curiosities , especially during theRenaissance .
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Cabinets of curiosities also known as Wunderkammer, Cabinets of Wonder, or Wonder-rooms were encyclopedic collections of types of objects whose categorical boundaries were various.
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Cabinets of curiosities also known as Wunderkammer, Cabinets of Wonder, or Wonder-rooms were encyclopedic collections of types of objects whose categorical boundaries were various.
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Wunderkabinett and Wunderkammer - A Wunderkabinett is most literally a "cabinet of wonders," and a Wunderkammer is a "chamber of wonders," exhibition spaces in which miscellaneous curiosities — odd and wondrous rarities — brought together for private contemplation and pleasure.
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Wunderkabinett and Wunderkammer - A Wunderkabinett is most literally a "cabinet of wonders," and a Wunderkammer is a "chamber of wonders," exhibition spaces in which miscellaneous curiosities — odd and wondrous rarities — brought together for private contemplation and pleasure.
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According to Wikipedia, cabinets of curiosities also known as Wunderkammer or wonder-rooms were collections of types of objects we now regard as quite separate, but whose boundaries were in the Renaissance yet to be defined.
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According to Wikipedia, cabinets of curiosities also known as Wunderkammer or wonder-rooms were collections of types of objects we now regard as quite separate, but whose boundaries were in the Renaissance yet to be defined.
Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites
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The term Wunderkammer - a general cabinet of curiosities - might better sum up its philosophy, but that term has already been widely used - perhaps, as explored here in the article World Wide Wunderkammer at Mappa Mundi, because the Web itself is a Wunderkammer.
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The term Wunderkammer - a general cabinet of curiosities - might better sum up its philosophy, but that term has already been widely used - perhaps, as explored here in the article World Wide Wunderkammer at Mappa Mundi, because the Web itself is a Wunderkammer.
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Heather McDougal was our guest, talking about her article in the latest MAKE, "Your Own Wunderkammer," a how-to on building a "Wunderkammer," or "cabinet of wonders.",
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Heather McDougal was our guest, talking about her article in the latest MAKE, "Your Own Wunderkammer," a how-to on building a "Wunderkammer," or "cabinet of wonders.",
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