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  1. Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (or simply Cabinet of Curiosities) is a horror anthology television series created by Guillermo del Toro for Netflix. It features eight modern horror stories in the traditions of the Gothic and Grand Guignol genres.

  2. Cabinets of curiosities served not only as collections to reflect the particular curiosities of their curators but also as social devices to establish and uphold rank in society. There are said to be two main types of cabinets.

  3. Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities: Created by Guillermo del Toro. With Lize Johnston, Kevin Keppy, Ben Barnes, Essie Davis. Bizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in a visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.

  4. Nov 16, 2023 · As their name suggests, cabinets of curiosities aimed to capture and define new knowledge of the world, prizing anything rare, unusual or unique.

  5. A cabinet of curiosities - or wunderkammer - stored and exhibited a wide variety of objects and artifacts, with a particular leaning towards the rare, eclectic and esoteric. Through the...

  6. Feb 13, 2021 · Merchants, aristocrats, scholars and other members of the elite, created their own cabinets filled with curiosities of every kind. Unlike museums, which have a scientific basis and a rational collecting activity, the cabinet was mostly aiming at amassing collections of… curiosities.

  7. Jun 3, 2001 · The Cabinet of Curiosities. Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child. 4.27. 51,943 ratings2,855 reviews. In downtown Manhattan, a gruesome discovery has just been made-an underground charnel house containing the bones of dozens of murder victims.

  8. Dec 22, 2022 · Russian Czar Peter the Great decreed its construction. The Kunstkamera was based around the bizarre items found within Peter the Great's famous cabinet of curiosities. Peter, who ruled Russia from 1682 to 1725, was known for his thirst for knowledge as much as his disregard for human life.

  9. Apr 2, 2020 · The cabinet of curiosities is synonymous with delight and surprise, with marvels and rare objects, but is also the mirror and representation of the world in its entirety.

  10. The cabinet of curiosities or curio cabinets emerged in Europe during the 16th-century. Originally known as Kunst-und Wunderkammer these rooms or areas in private homes were filled with...

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