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KUNST KAMMER. One hundred treasures from the ancient world: Africa-Asia-Oceania-Americas
ISBN: –
KUNST KAMMER. One hundred treasures from the ancient world: Africa-Asia-Oceania-Americas
The term Kunst/Wunderkammer was apparently first employed by Count Froben Christoph of Zimmern and Johannes Müller in their historical account Zimmerische Chronik of 1564–66 (family chronicle describing the lineage and history of the noble family of Zimmern, based in Meßkirch, Germany). But one of the first scholars who established the theoretical basics of collecting, was the Belgian Samuel Quiccheberg (Antwerp 1529 – 1567 Munich). He published his “Treatise Inscriptiones vel Tituli Theatri Amplissimi” in 1565. This first theory with practical guidance on the design and presentation of the objects in a museum, influenced the Munich Art Chamber, which was built at the same time. He designed a five-part classification system for his ideal museum (“Theatrum”). The text gives a deep insight into the world of collecting in the 16th Century.