Kunstkammer
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About this book
The Kunstkammer in Dresden’s Royal Palace houses a fascinating variety of collected objects from the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. It owes its unique collection of plain and ornate tools, for example, to the founder of the Kunstkammer, Elector August (1526–1586). They range from gardening equipment to goldsmithing, carpentry and ironworking tools and even to so-called Brechzeugen (tools for prising or breaking things open). In addition, the museum guide presents elaborately decorated art-room cabinets, two richly embellished Augsburg cabinets, tables inlaid with iridescent mother-of-pearl, precious board games, and musical instruments alongside filigree woodturned pieces, items of decorative art, and objects from distant cultures.
- Numerous previously unpublished masterpieces from the Kunstkammer in Dresden’s Royal Palace
Reviews
„Eine neue Publikation der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden über die Kunstkammer vermittelt bemerkenswerte Informationen zu Weltsicht und Wissen um 1600.“ (Christian Ruf in Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, 12.07.2023)
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„Der jetzt vorliegende Museumsführer lädt zu einer spannenden Begegnung mit den Werken der Schatzkunst und Gegenständen aus fernen Kulturen ein.“ (Arsprototo, 2023/1)
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