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ISSN: 2449-7339    OAI    DOI: 10.18276/me.2016.1-03
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Issue archive / nr 1 (4) 2016
Curiositas jako kategoria kultury barokowej (XVI–XVII wiek)
(Curiositas as a category of the Baroque culture (16-17th century))

Authors: Katarzyna Strużyńska
Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: curiositas pansophism. encyclopedism aesthetic of wonder macrocosmos microcomos unitas pansemioticism scientiae curiosa aesthetica curiosa
Data publikacji całości:2016
Page range:17 (35-51)
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Abstract

The paper attempts to identify the characteristic features of the curiositas category and to locate it in the culture of the Baroque era.  The aim of the paper is also to paint a picture of a unique intellectual atmosphere of the scientific and artistic spheres of the time, characterised by an affinity towards the new, the original, the rare, and the difficult. The 17th century “curiosity culture” is described as a certain type of cultural formation in which the curiositas category played a key role by setting its aesthetic and ideological profile, as well as by bringing together the various phenomena from the world of art and science.
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