"A movement known as Mannerism also arose in the early 16th century, and both art and collecting began to favour the unusual, the bizarre, and the ambiguous. Collections (also referred to as cabinets) were formed that were far more wide ranging than those of the 15th-century studiolo and whose purposes were more scientific than humanistic. North of the Alps these were known as Kunstkammern or Wunderkammern, from Kunst (“man-made objects”), Wunder (“natural curiosities”), and Kammern (“chambers, rooms”)."
Source: Britannica
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/kuns/hd_kuns.html
http://pesco.net/britannica_wunderkammern.html
http://www.suite101.com/content/the-cabinet-of-curiosities-a10793
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