Download or read book The Munich Kunstkammer written by Katharina Pilaski and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2013 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Munich Kunstkammer was conceived as a central repository of knowledge about the world, and the territory of its founder Albrecht V. Katharina Pilaski Kaliardos focuses on the collection's functions in the larger context of the centralization of princely power and the territory's confessionalization in the wake of the Council of Trent.