1/2 Wondrous Obsessions: The Cabinet of Curiosities - Secret Knowledge
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First broadcast: Jul 2015.
Episode 14/18 The story behind a collecting craze that began in Renaissance Europe.
As the popularity of collecting fairs and Pinterest would attest, we are a nation of magpie obsessions. Renaissance expert Professor Nandini Das reveals the story behind the Cabinet of Curiosities - the original collecting craze that began in Renaissance Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries, and which is experiencing a surprising revival in the work of contemporary artists today.
The collector with a snake as a necklace is a mood.
😂
the person narrating this story, has an amazing descriptive voice.
i was just thinking it would have been nice if she talked english properly
I agree! Really rich and expressive.
@@jaderavenwolf6137 I assume it's not her first language so cut her some slack
I miss the traditional format of documentaries that concentrated solely on the subject matter using slides of book plates & photographs. Typically these documentaries had less emphasis on the narrator and non relevant scenery and not one minute was wasted.
+Misterioso I agree, but people bore easily.
Yes, I so agree with you.
Ego is boring
Yeah this was crap, had to skip 80%
I am Not British so I don't know what else she has done but she is horrible here - laughing in all the wrong places. It is more like a comedy than a documentary. She is very cold and disrespectful.
I bet Guillermo del Toro already has a wonder of collections such as this.
This was such a joy to watch. As a collector myself, it's so fascinating to see its beginnings. The story behind an object is always what brings its value - especially for someone who can't afford much! 🙂
Very interesting indeed! Wish they would make more documentaries like this one..
This is quite inspiring. I am going to collect curiosities. I might do it without spending any money, just with things I can find or old things from charity shops etc. I might suggest it to my friends too. It could be an entertainment for us over winter. Or we could make things maybe.
I took inspiration from the old time "freak shows" and made some lovely (terrifying) curiosities. A "hatchling" made from an egg shell and baby doll bits with a lizard legs and tail etc, a "shrunken head" I made from a dollar tree skull
along some small alabaster jars I picked up at a flea market ($1 for the pair, so they're small), a carved wooden needle holder from Bulgaria (thrift shop)
You can have so much fun making weird things and collecting
@@Bluebelle51 I had a bit of a collection where I lived before. About time I started a new one.
@@Bluebelle51 You sound like an artist
@@russellmarra8520 Thank you, that is such a lovely compliment!
Yes you're right on spot. Spend little, look for interesting pieces everywhere, make something even.
What if that lady would have said, "yeah, actually, don't rest your arm on this cabinet door, because it's hundreds of years old" ?
right! but even the curator doesn't have gloves on ,,,
Nandini is masterful in this docu. The passion, the knowledge and the storytelling is sublime. Thank you.
so are her beautiful paper-thin lips . . . barfoni
she is unbearable
@@kachi2782 For you perhaps. For me, a master storyteller with immense knowledge and passion.
@@Shirley8 That's debatable !
@@kachi2782 The only debate moving forward will be with yourself. I am entitled to my opinion, respect it and keep it moving.
1:22 "as a student of oxford university..."
She just had to get that in there
For some reason, that made me laugh alot more than it should have 😀
+keeperofthecheese if i had gone there, im sure id have my name legally changed to "Oxford Scholar"
😆
of course you did, she's a professor and doctor of History and has several titles. Instead she chose to call herself a student! How very arrogant of her!@@ladyfightsoctopus8166
I don't blame her, you have to work blooming hard at your exams to go there.
I love seeing these secrets ! Keep them coming !❤️💙💛💜💚🧡🌹🥀🐰🐇👽🪐🛸☠️💀👻🎼🎹let the music also move u !
My biggest complaint about a lot of videos and pod casts, too much face time! Focus on the curiosities, please.
Ahhhhh ! The Obsession with Curiosities, Collections, and Collectibles feeds that part of us, whether to create an effect and reaction on others or to ourselves. Why ? The Human Condition ! A material world of Sight, Smell, Taste, Touch, and Sound that brings about recall in one's self or others in that certain way.
Such a nice documentary! I came here for the giveaway entry but I’ll def be stayinh
There is more to the early origins of this than just collecting. It is linked to the ancient Art of Memory, particularly the Memory Theatre of Giulio Camillo, who was one of the famous famous men in Europe in the 16th century. See Chapter 6 in Frances Yates' The Art of Memory.
I'm envious of those of an earlier age who could arrive at foreign shores and see a culture untouched by another; by contrast to today's homogenization and evisceration of unique cultures with unique art and architecture.
good point, it was mindblowing in a way we cant imagine, of course also it was very dangerous too, not like now where tourists are greeted happily, in fact there was probably great trepidation upon arriving in an unknown or barely known land, something we also cant imagine today.
It's very touch-and-go on approach, until you see them standing in the surf with slingshots and spears...and you have plenty of booze on board for 'barter'...
Proff Nandini's is Smart and GEORGIOUS love her Ancestors and Descendants too.
It took me 10 minutes in until I realized exactly what I was watching
we bore easily because media won't let the camera rest for more than two seconds on any spot or scene....cultivating a need for variety at all costs.
Victor's wonder room is my wet dream! I love love love it all. I've always had an obsession with medical oddities and antique medical equipment. I also love spiders... anything odd, creepy and different..
Thankyou for sharing.
Hello how are you doing?
Enjoyed your video👏🏻
Whoever’s room that is has a good sense of humour with Dora the Explorer doll in the corner lol
I was hoping someone else saw her too lol
Oh come on you can't just show us a few things in that beautifully made cabinet,you could have showed us all of the little curiosities in there..
Wish they could have showed us more. I did enjoy it though..I love stuff like this..
Have a blessed day and take care,xx
Did he say "the preserved front bottoms of Victorian prostitutes"? What in the world does that mean?
Pickled Vulvas.
@@geoffreypiltz271 no! My god. I don't want to know how or why.
@@katella i think they sell them in lidls.....
I don't know why anyone would LIKE this post. You must be weird.
It's a fun hobby. Treasure hunt for sure
fabuloso
one can create something pleasing to eyes and mind there is nothing bad in that either, its another form of information knowledge detached from what is socially relevant to masses, but some of us want to take care of health which starts in gut and then it effects everything in your growth, in creating new 'food courts" not for just profits but for health of tired working masses.
Imagine the things that were in some of those cabinets. First I've heard of this cabinet.
11:09 is that a dora the explorer doll in the left top corner?
Yes, indeed!
Too much chit-chat-I wanted to see the "curiosities".
That’s exactly what I wanted to say - too much about the collectors and very little about the collections /(*_*)\ ?
Curio cabinets are traditionally used for China and imports
I want.... such cabinets! :)
3:17 Looters. That's the word you are looking for. Need to improve upon your history a little.
3:21 Loot.
how long is the intro.?????
The beginning of archeology was the cabinet of curiosities 🤠
The Capitoline Museum is a century older than the Ashmolean...
But, you know, it's not British! "Britain, Britain, Britain..." (I hear the beginning of Little Britain in my head) they really think they've invented it all! LOL!
Dude just pillaged a grave for a child’s finger and you all say it so casually wtf
It's disgusting that people don't take grave robbing seriously.
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wonderful
"The supply of flies decreased"
....What
The dude at the end its THE DUDE
Did you peep Dora the explora in the back?
6:43 first actual curiosity
Can they do DNA on that finger?
Amazing 👏
Del toro show just came out by the same name,
10:57 Dora?
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾🖖🏾
😂😂That Finger ,Instead of The Body Chat Is Goated...The serious face implies it was not a joke😅😅British people and saying funny things with a serious face
11:01 above left shoulder..... nearly killed me.
dora is exploring
Yes, I had a good chuckle at Dora...Dora the Explorer 😂
🥰,❤️
Museum lady is the right person for the job ..
Well.. We’ve all had to sacrifice our wealth for a non working Lou !👌😁
The piano is too loud!
Has anyone notice Dora the Explorer on the top left at 11:00?
😎
At 11:15 in the video Did anyone else get a Dora doll behind her it had to be a Dora
Yes 😂
two words- gomez addams
I've been pronouncing renaissance wrong for 60 years!
OMG that Spider! I am not sleeping in a tent anywhere they have spiders that big. You can call me a wimp, I don't care.
you are a wimp!
@@TAROTAI I am. Feel free to send me messages of sympathy, £20 notes, hot dinners, chocolate cakes or anything else that might help me to bear my wimpyness.
She is unbearable. The lady is telling her that the animal died of hunger and cold in travel and she laughs, the curator tells hims that he was offered an entire mummified child body's in Toulouse and that he didn't get it because he didn't have enough space to carry it and she laughs. Just show some respect woman, these were once living creatures and people you are staring at not something to laugh at.
So disappointed where are the treasures. We saw few and far between and I’m done.
Like your comment it makes sense don't need all the fluff
"Renaissance Europe in the 16th and 17th century..." but mostly fueled with riches stolen from other cruelly enslaved countries, many of which are still paying the price to this day. The presenter should know this well. I get mad when movies, documentaries, etc glorify Britain's terrible past, presenting as nothing bad happened.
You don't get to see many curiosities..
This woman has a lovely face
Basta tutto in inglese siamo in Italia!!’
Please understand. If you wish to share something then plesse allow the camera to remain on the object much longer. Let me see for longer. I’m not interested in seeing you throughout. You sre not the curiosity. I am fed up with documentaries that centre on the presenter more than the article. Talk by all means, but while the camera is focussing on the curiosities. Thank you. A terrible presentation. Please redo.
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The presenter puts me off
Hello how are you doing?
OK.,...and now, let us bring this subject to next level and go visit Guillermo del Toro's home 😎👍
Hey, lowest order of the British nobility, see you on Saturn day!
How would your basic hair and nails 'influencer' handle the situation with the spider in the tent? Similar to this guy? Unlikely.
That dude is creepy as shit
AEIOU THEE NOT THE
Another irritating documentary that discusses fascinating objects but then spends most of the filming focusing on the people discussing them instead of showing the items sufficiently, very frustrating.
Glad youtube lets you skip past the narrator, i want to see the documentary, not hear about her
The guy with the snake around is neck is hot.
I love how the BBC brainwashes.
This guy is a bit of a loony but sort of cute.
Meh
Why is she giggling? So immature and within the context of a dead child...bizarre she should think it appropriate to respond that way.
I wish she'd get on with it. Obviously, no one listens to this woman.
does anyone know the ethnicity of the presenter? She doesn´t look English to me. She keeps using "we" like her ancestors were a bunch of Englishmen.
Indian most likely
She uses "we" in the context of nationality, not ethnicity. Her accent/nationality is clearly Brit
@@geoffreypiltz271 thank you for the background information! What a wonderfully fantastic background; I might be inspired to go back to school!
Very bad choice of narrator.
Amazing the Brits are so adept at creating entire documentaries about colonialism without ever saying the word. Absolutely dated.
MUCH BLABBER, NOT MUCH CURIOSITIES. AVOID WASTING YOUR TIME.