Early modern wonder and the Kunst- und Wunderkammern became of greater interest to museums, curators, and individual artists over the course of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. During the...Show moreEarly modern wonder and the Kunst- und Wunderkammern became of greater interest to museums, curators, and individual artists over the course of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. During the last two decades, the revaluation and revival of these two concepts in exhibition spaces have been the main subject in which modern audiences have been illuminated with the different visual representation strategies of the early modern cabinets. However, this revival is an underexposed theme in current art historical fields and little has been written about this shift from past till present. Therefore, this thesis aims to highlight to what extend the concepts of wonder and the Wunderkammer corresponds and have been reinterpreted in contemporary art and museum practices.Show less
