Secret Knowledge — Season 1, Episode 15: Wondrous Obsessions: The Cabinet of Curiosities
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 21 episodes
Episode synopsis
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.
About Secret Knowledge
In a series of authored films, some of our most engaging experts reveal their favourite hidden objects, forgotten places and artistic passions.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1The Kimbolton Cabinet
- E2The Art of the Vikings
- E3Bolsover Castle
- E4Walter Scott’s Castle
- E5Stradivarius and Me
- E7The Art of Witchcraft
- E8The Hidden Jewels of the Cheapside Hoard
- E9Tracey Emin on Louise Bourgeois - Women Without Secrets
- E10Castiglione - Rogue Genius of the Baroque
- E11Hogarth - One Man and His Pug
- E12The Russian Revolutionary: Zaha Hadid on Kazimir Malevich
- E13The Living Mountain: A Cairngorms Journey