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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)
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
Writing Histories of Greek Philosophy in Arabic
This project seeks to reconstruct the different visions of the history of the ancient Greek philosophy adopted by medieval Arabic authors and will try
Computer-aided Approaches to the Study of 14th-19th Century Japanese Buddhist World Maps
Circulation of spatial concepts and geographical knowledge between and within cartographical traditions is one of the main issues in the history of ca
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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
History of Science ON CALL: Mathias Grote (in German)
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MoreAlchemy as the Art of Dyeing: The Fourfold Division of Alchemy and the Enochian Tradition
What is Graeco-Egyptian alchemy? What kinds of techniques and craft practices does it encompass? And what were its goals? This Working Group paper pro
Recipes and Everyday Knowledge: Medicine, Science, and the Household in Early Modern England
When Edward Conway, Viscount Conway and Kiluta, retired to Petworth in 1650, he began a weekly correspondence with his nephew Sir Edward Harley. The l