http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/article/cabinet-of-natural-curiousities-searchlight-needles/ Music & More Since 2005 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:33:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/article/cabinet-of-natural-curiousities-searchlight-needles/comment-page-1/#comment-7561 Eric Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:55:43 +0000 http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/?p=2766#comment-7561 That is one of the most random comments ever. I learned something though. Thanks. That is one of the most random comments ever. I learned something though. Thanks.

]]> http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/article/cabinet-of-natural-curiousities-searchlight-needles/comment-page-1/#comment-7500 peter speerbrecker Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:17:19 +0000 http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/?p=2766#comment-7500 As a student of history, I feel obliged to respond to "Cabinet of Natural Curiosities". Wherever they got that from, it is a sadly weak translation of "wunderkammer" (rough translation, wonder cabinet) OR "kunstkammer", which all mean in common English, Curiosity Cabinet. These cabinets contained much beyond simple natural curiosities, but anything that captivated the human imagination. Take, for example, the hydra or the basilisk. both prove that even once the understanding was reached that both creatures were fictions, there was still a very strong desire to collect information (particularly quote unqote real creatures) but also artistic representations of the animals. sorry for the huge response, but this is what you get with someone who has a degree in early modern European history. As a student of history, I feel obliged to respond to “Cabinet of Natural Curiosities”. Wherever they got that from, it is a sadly weak translation of “wunderkammer” (rough translation, wonder cabinet) OR “kunstkammer”, which all mean in common English, Curiosity Cabinet. These cabinets contained much beyond simple natural curiosities, but anything that captivated the human imagination. Take, for example, the hydra or the basilisk. both prove that even once the understanding was reached that both creatures were fictions, there was still a very strong desire to collect information (particularly quote unqote real creatures) but also artistic representations of the animals.
sorry for the huge response, but this is what you get with someone who has a degree in early modern European history.

]]> http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/article/cabinet-of-natural-curiousities-searchlight-needles/comment-page-1/#comment-7372 orange Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:37:07 +0000 http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/?p=2766#comment-7372 very nice. thanks for this fantastic folk recommendation! very nice. thanks for this fantastic folk recommendation!

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