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Artists’ Optical Knowledge
The artist’s ability to construct a convincing illusion of three-dimensional space on the basis of geometry was a powerful weapon in the battle for a
Publications, Dupré, Sven: The Historiography of Perspective and Reflexy-Const in Netherlandish Art. in: Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art/Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, vol. 61, 2011, Related Digital Sources, ECHO: Art and Optics
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, Vision, and the Eye in Late Sixteenth-Century Padua
Questions surrounding the origin of color, its relationship to light and illumination, and how color affected the eye were vigorously debated within t
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
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
History of Science ON CALL: Richard Rottenburg (in German)
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MoreArts as Situated Knowledges of Nature
This study is part of Agata's doctoral project “Nature in Polish Visual Arts in the Years 2000–20—a Philosophical Analysis,” which examines the curren