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Color Does Matter
This project concentrated on Baroque color theory and practice in the histories of art and science. It was based upon a cross-border cooperation betwe
Publications, Leonhard, Karin: "Painted Poison. Venomous Beasts, Herbs, Gems, and Baroque Colour Theory. " Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboeck (NKJ) (2011)
Color and Aesthetics in Eighteenth-century Mineralogy
According to followers of René Haüy (1743–1822), minerals were classified according to basic crystallized shapes, and for mineralogical geologists the
Early Modern Color Worlds
In recent years color has become the focus of scholarly discussion on the interactions between art, craft, science, and technology. While this discuss
German Expatriate Practitioners of Natural History in 19th-century East Asia
In the nineteenth century, the Asia Pacific experienced extensive and systematic cataloging of their fauna and flora. The aim of my visit is to co-org
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While the workshop limits its geographical scope to Asia Pacific, it raises historiographical issues relevant to the broader historical community. Fir
Art, Natural Science, Local History and the New World in Counter–Reformation Antwerp: The Collection of the Portuguese Merchant-Banker Emmanuel Ximenez
This project investigated one of the most splendid collections in early seventeenth-century Antwerp, that of the Portuguese merchant-banker Emmanuel X
Publications, Dupré, Sven: Trading luxury glass, picturing collections and consuming objects of knowledge in early seventeenth-century Antwerp”, Intellectual History Review, vol. 20, 2010, 53-78., Related Links, Reading the Inventory
Transforming Human-Camel Relations in the Context of Social and Ecological Dynamics in Somaliland
In Somaliland, the camel is superlative in every respect: it is culturally iconic, socio-economically essential, and the country exhibits the highest
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Cabinetizing Art and Knowledge in Early Modern Northern Europe
In recent years, a vast amount of scholarship has been devoted to early modern collections and particularly to the so-called "cabinet of curiosity," d
Art and Alchemy
Giorgio Vasari in the mid-sixteenth century and later Karel van Mander in his Schilder-boeck (1604), portrayed Van Eyck as “a man who delighted in alc
Cooperation Partners:, Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast
China in the Studio. Painting Porcelain in the Seventeenth-Century Netherlands
The European fascination with Chinese porcelain began when the first cargo reached Middelburg in 1602. Within four decades, the Dutch had imported ove
Alchemy and a Vernacular Color Code
This Working Group chapter project considered the relationship between alchemy and European painting in the late Middle Ages. The most direct connecti