Wunderkammer
nature collection
Also known as: Naturalienkabinett
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history of
- art market development
- In art market: Northern Europe and the Austrian Empire
…were known as Kunstkammern or Wunderkammern, from Kunst (“man-made objects”), Wunder (“natural curiosities”), and Kammern (“chambers, rooms”).
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- museums
- In museum: Specialized personal collections
…to be found in a Wunderkammer or Naturalienkabinett. In England the term gallery, borrowed from Italian galleria, referred to a place where paintings and sculpture were exhibited. One Italian collection of natural specimens was called a museo naturale.
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