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Visiting Scholar Horst Kant for Tekk Tv on Henri Becquerel and the discovery of radioactivity
Go to Article (in German)Creative Natures. St. Joachimsthal, Goldsmiths, and Metallogenesis
One of the main metallurgical research interests of the early modern period was to discover how metals and minerals were formed. Another was to attemp
History of Science ON CALL: Mathias Grote (in German)
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MoreHistory of Science ON CALL: Togo Tsukahara
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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
Goldsmiths and Chymists: The Activity of Artisans within Alchemical Circles
Alchemy was a diverse and widespread endeavor in early modern Europe. It included not only a diversity of goals (e.g., metallic transmutation, pharmac
Exhibition Project on Art and Alchemy
This was a collaborative project, "Das Geheimnis der Verwandlung," ("The Secret of Transformation") with the Museum Kunstpalast on an exhibition on ar
Publications, Art and Alchemy: The Mystery of Transformation, External Related Links, Exhibition Page at Museum Kunstpalast
Experimental Imagery: An Investigation of Fifteenth-Century Alchemical Expression (Image, Symbol, and Word)
Medieval alchemy employed a distinctive language, imagery, and metaphorical expression in its writings. Non-verbal elements played a vital role in thi