The classic cabinet of curiosities emerged in the sixteenth century, although more rudimentary collections had existed earlier. The term cabinet originally described a room rather than a piece of furniture. The Kunstkammer conveyed symbolically the patron's control of the world through its indoor, microscopic reproduction." Of Charles I of England 's collection, Peter Thomas states succinctly, "The Kunstkabinett itself was a form of propaganda" Besides the most famous, best documented cabinets of rulers and aristocrats, members of the merchant class and early practitioners of science in Europe formed collections that were precursors to museums. "The Kunstkammer was regarded as a microcosm or theater of the world, and a memory theater. Modern terminology would categorize the objects included as belonging to natural history (sometimes faked), geology, ethnography, archaeology, religious or historical relics, works of art (including cabinet paintings ), and antiquities. They were encyclopedic collections of objects whose categorical boundaries were, in Renaissance Europe, yet to be defined. K nown in German as Kunstkabinett, Kunstkammer or Wunderkammer also Cabinets of Wonder, and wonder-rooms ). Today's "oddities" collector goes back to the original "Cabinet of Curiosities" collectibles which were:
Oddities/Obscura/Curiousities: This can be a very vague genre for one who considers something strange, may not be strange, odd, or curious to another. Murderabilia: Any collectible (writings, art, exhibits used in court, weapons, or other articles) directly linked to murderers, murders, or other violent atrocities and crimes.
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