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The ""Kunstkammer"" was a display of art and oddities amassed by wealthy Europeans during the 16th to 18th centuries. This text explores the relations between art, science and scholarship in early modern Europe, advancing the view that the baroque Kunstkammer is the nucleus of modern cyberspace.

The Lure of Antiquity and the Cult of the Machine: The Kunstkammer and the Evolution of Nature, Art and Technology

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    A Hardback by Horst Bredekamp (Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany), Allison Brown, Anthony T. Grafton (Princeton University, USA)

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      Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
      Publication Date: 31/12/1995
      ISBN13: 9781558760936, 978-1558760936
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      Book Synopsis
      The ""Kunstkammer"" was a display of art and oddities amassed by wealthy Europeans during the 16th to 18th centuries. This text explores the relations between art, science and scholarship in early modern Europe, advancing the view that the baroque Kunstkammer is the nucleus of modern cyberspace.

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