1/2 Wondrous Obsessions: The Cabinet of Curiosities

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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.

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@TeaCupCookies 2 жыл бұрын

The collector with a snake as a necklace is a mood.

@bananabuttons6637 Жыл бұрын

😂

@kylecarson5723 7 жыл бұрын

the person narrating this story, has an amazing descriptive voice.

@AggresivelyBenign Жыл бұрын

I agree! Really rich and expressive.

@5thdimension665 Жыл бұрын

@Jade Ravenwolf I assume it's not her first language so cut her some slack

@bradstevenson8532 Жыл бұрын

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! 🙂

@Riv3rch781 Жыл бұрын

I bet Guillermo del Toro already has a wonder of collections such as this.

@dragosopris2906 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting indeed! Wish they would make more documentaries like this one..

@sarahstrong7174 Жыл бұрын

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.

@Bluebelle51 Жыл бұрын

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

@sarahstrong7174 Жыл бұрын

@@Bluebelle51 I had a bit of a collection where I lived before. About time I started a new one.

@russellmarra8520 Жыл бұрын

@@Bluebelle51 You sound like an artist

@Bluebelle51 Жыл бұрын

@@russellmarra8520 Thank you, that is such a lovely compliment!

@m.c.2899 Жыл бұрын

Yes you're right on spot. Spend little, look for interesting pieces everywhere, make something even.

@Misterioso 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@deltronzero9 8 жыл бұрын

+Misterioso I agree, but people bore easily.

@christopherx6641 7 жыл бұрын

Yes, I so agree with you.

@pollywanda 6 жыл бұрын

Ego is boring

@PhiTonics 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah this was crap, had to skip 80%

@callimico5488 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@Shirley8 Жыл бұрын

Nandini is masterful in this docu. The passion, the knowledge and the storytelling is sublime. Thank you.

@TAROTAI Жыл бұрын

so are her beautiful paper-thin lips . . . barfoni

@kachi2782 Жыл бұрын

she is unbearable

@Shirley8 Жыл бұрын

@@kachi2782 For you perhaps. For me, a master storyteller with immense knowledge and passion.

@kachi2782 Жыл бұрын

@@Shirley8 That's debatable !

@Shirley8 Жыл бұрын

@@kachi2782 The only debate moving forward will be with yourself. I am entitled to my opinion, respect it and keep it moving.

@AntQuick1102 2 жыл бұрын

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" ?

@justinewalters8787 Жыл бұрын

right! but even the curator doesn't have gloves on ,,,

@suziecreamcheese211 Жыл бұрын

My biggest complaint about a lot of videos and pod casts, too much face time! Focus on the curiosities, please.

@katella Жыл бұрын

Did he say "the preserved front bottoms of Victorian prostitutes"? What in the world does that mean?

@geoffreypiltz271 Жыл бұрын

Pickled Vulvas.

@katella Жыл бұрын

@@geoffreypiltz271 no! My god. I don't want to know how or why.

@patrickj8984 Жыл бұрын

@@katella i think they sell them in lidls.....

@geoffreypiltz271 Жыл бұрын

I don't know why anyone would LIKE this post. You must be weird.

@ericswain4177 Жыл бұрын

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.

@karenw8929 Жыл бұрын

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.

@joejones9520 Жыл бұрын

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.

@carlsaganlives6086 10 ай бұрын

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'...

@keeperofthecheese 8 жыл бұрын

1:22 "as a student of oxford university..." She just had to get that in there

@ladyfightsoctopus8166 8 жыл бұрын

For some reason, that made me laugh alot more than it should have 😀

@7kurisu 8 жыл бұрын

+keeperofthecheese if i had gone there, im sure id have my name legally changed to "Oxford Scholar"

@Sequin5 5 жыл бұрын

😆

@patriciaheraty7380 Жыл бұрын

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

@sarahstrong7174 Жыл бұрын

I don't blame her, you have to work blooming hard at your exams to go there.

@Jen-zk9se Жыл бұрын

Whoever’s room that is has a good sense of humour with Dora the Explorer doll in the corner lol

@blazebi47 Жыл бұрын

I was hoping someone else saw her too lol

@annarusso2537 Жыл бұрын

Too much chit-chat-I wanted to see the "curiosities".

@joecontreras5068 Жыл бұрын

That’s exactly what I wanted to say - too much about the collectors and very little about the collections /(*_*)\ ?

@normanbrown9225 Жыл бұрын

Proff Nandini's is Smart and GEORGIOUS love her Ancestors and Descendants too.

@brianthomason5022 Жыл бұрын

It took me 10 minutes in until I realized exactly what I was watching

@cheyennebrooks2568 3 жыл бұрын

Such a nice documentary! I came here for the giveaway entry but I’ll def be stayinh

@Kayem967 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@Bunbeck-pf9iw Жыл бұрын

I love seeing these secrets ! Keep them coming !❤️💙💛💜💚🧡🌹🥀🐰🐇👽🪐🛸☠️💀👻🎼🎹let the music also move u !

@jennfields1990 Жыл бұрын

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..

@sarahstrong7174 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou for sharing.

@Godwinpounds4333 Жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing?

@rickbeckett9102 Жыл бұрын

It's a fun hobby. Treasure hunt for sure

@Chamonix.frequently Жыл бұрын

Curio cabinets are traditionally used for China and imports

@geoffreypiltz271 Жыл бұрын

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.

@skullrose8985 Жыл бұрын

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

@katiemoore7255 4 жыл бұрын

11:09 is that a dora the explorer doll in the left top corner?

@1337fraggzb00N 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, indeed!

@ATAXIA424 5 жыл бұрын

I want.... such cabinets! :)

@ericneiman5556 Жыл бұрын

Imagine the things that were in some of those cabinets. First I've heard of this cabinet.

@dougwigginsnco 8 жыл бұрын

The Capitoline Museum is a century older than the Ashmolean...

@gozzilla78 Жыл бұрын

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!

@samuellopes4628 Жыл бұрын

The beginning of archeology was the cabinet of curiosities 🤠

@humanfirst11 Жыл бұрын

3:17 Looters. That's the word you are looking for. Need to improve upon your history a little. 3:21 Loot.

@suziecreamcheese211 Жыл бұрын

Can they do DNA on that finger?

@sarahstrong7174 Жыл бұрын

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.

@TAROTAI Жыл бұрын

you are a wimp!

@sarahstrong7174 Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@dannygreen5477 Жыл бұрын

"The supply of flies decreased" ....What

@malvinderkaur541 Жыл бұрын

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.

@gozzilla78 Жыл бұрын

"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.

@nancyM1313 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed your video👏🏻

@Wamprechts 7 жыл бұрын

fabuloso

@Walekoko Жыл бұрын

😂😂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

@isabelarescala4655 5 жыл бұрын

10:57 Dora?

@alrodriguez2261 4 жыл бұрын

how long is the intro.?????

@elderlypoodle9181 Жыл бұрын

Well.. We’ve all had to sacrifice our wealth for a non working Lou !👌😁

@mathew21686 3 жыл бұрын

Did you peep Dora the explora in the back?

@joecrowe7062 Жыл бұрын

Del toro show just came out by the same name,

@I_like_Plants130 2 жыл бұрын

Dude just pillaged a grave for a child’s finger and you all say it so casually wtf

@dadevi Жыл бұрын

It's disgusting that people don't take grave robbing seriously.

@bealreadyhappy Жыл бұрын

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.

@tinntuncarelessly6619 8 жыл бұрын

say what you will wonderful

@jalepezo 2 жыл бұрын

The dude at the end its THE DUDE

@AA-wd2or Жыл бұрын

Museum lady is the right person for the job ..

@gookumpucky4842 Жыл бұрын

I've been pronouncing renaissance wrong for 60 years!

@sarahgt1533 Жыл бұрын

The presenter puts me off

@Godwinpounds4333 Жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing?

@theroyalpotato8390 8 жыл бұрын

11:01 above left shoulder..... nearly killed me.

@douglascremeans6216 6 жыл бұрын

dora is exploring

@jo-vf8jx 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I had a good chuckle at Dora...Dora the Explorer 😂

@aicc1728 Жыл бұрын

6:43 first actual curiosity

@dont-want-no-wrench Жыл бұрын

two words- gomez addams

@sherryrector2275 Жыл бұрын

So disappointed where are the treasures. We saw few and far between and I’m done.

@Portondown Жыл бұрын

The piano is too loud!

@reisuma619 Жыл бұрын

Has anyone notice Dora the Explorer on the top left at 11:00?

@robertafierro5592 Жыл бұрын

You don't get to see many curiosities..

@baroqueasb6097 Жыл бұрын

At 11:15 in the video Did anyone else get a Dora doll behind her it had to be a Dora

@anima6035 Жыл бұрын

Yes 😂

@kachi2782 Жыл бұрын

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.

@mariapiamartinetti5831 Жыл бұрын

Basta tutto in inglese siamo in Italia!!’

@jackkuehneman9300 6 жыл бұрын

That dude is creepy as shit

@Nepidemicofmannequins 9 ай бұрын

😎

@jellokween1680 Жыл бұрын

🥰,❤️

@chriswitt2596 Жыл бұрын

Like your comment it makes sense don't need all the fluff

@deandreadevinehorne1853 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾🖖🏾

@Tyler.i.81 Жыл бұрын

This woman has a lovely face

@pauc9596 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@BARON.SAMEDI. Жыл бұрын

OK.,...and now, let us bring this subject to next level and go visit Guillermo del Toro's home 😎👍

@TAROTAI Жыл бұрын

Hey, lowest order of the British nobility, see you on Saturn day!

@carlsaganlives6086 10 ай бұрын

How would your basic hair and nails 'influencer' handle the situation with the spider in the tent? Similar to this guy? Unlikely.

@isaac7877 Жыл бұрын

The guy with the snake around is neck is hot.

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@steelman86 Жыл бұрын

????????????

@aiai-j7i Жыл бұрын

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@aiai-j7i Жыл бұрын

Why is she giggling? So immature and within the context of a dead child...bizarre she should think it appropriate to respond that way.

@eliciaellis7428 Жыл бұрын

This guy is a bit of a loony but sort of cute.

@TheCWMHALL 8 жыл бұрын

AEIOU THEE NOT THE

@taran333tula 8 жыл бұрын

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@celicaben4391 Жыл бұрын

Glad youtube lets you skip past the narrator, i want to see the documentary, not hear about her

@redtobertshateshandles Жыл бұрын

I wish she'd get on with it. Obviously, no one listens to this woman.

@stuartmiller6914 Жыл бұрын

I love how the BBC brainwashes.

@Justmyopinionlol 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@jaybird8628 5 жыл бұрын

Indian most likely

@uxnosidda 5 жыл бұрын

She uses "we" in the context of nationality, not ethnicity. Her accent/nationality is clearly Brit

@charmionwaller5449 Жыл бұрын

@@geoffreypiltz271 thank you for the background information! What a wonderfully fantastic background; I might be inspired to go back to school!

@jewishwhitetiger Жыл бұрын

Amazing 👏

@thedavidlevi Жыл бұрын

Meh

@hermanhale9258 Жыл бұрын

Very bad choice of narrator.

@TD-ln2tg Жыл бұрын

Amazing the Brits are so adept at creating entire documentaries about colonialism without ever saying the word. Absolutely dated.

@TheRoundandround Жыл бұрын

MUCH BLABBER, NOT MUCH CURIOSITIES. AVOID WASTING YOUR TIME.