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An Unknown Treatise on Shadows Referred to by Leonardo Da Vinci
This Working Group chapter project was an exploration of the optical sources used by Leonardo da Vinci in his research on shadows. As most sources of
Direktor Jürgen Renns Publikation The Evolution of Knowledge in Science rezensiert
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Go to Article (in English)Color in Nature and Color in Art
"For the causes and essences of color are as disputed, and obscure to the intellect, as they are themselves manifest to sight."
(Julius Caesar Scalig
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
Jürgen Renn und Roberto Lalli in der Süddeutschen Zeitung zum Thema Peer-Review zitiert
Zum Artikel (Paywall, auf Deutsch)Jürgen Renn and Roberto Lalli in Süddeutsche Zeitung on the topic of peer review
Read Article (Paywall, in German)Artists’ Collections in the Early Modern Netherlands
While Early Modern Netherlandish painters were often avid collectors, systematic research on artists' collecting is missing. Which networks did they u
Publications, Dupré, Sven & Lüthy, Christoph (eds.): Silent Messengers: The Circulation of Material Objects of Knowledge in the Early Modern Low Countries, Berlin, LIT Verlag, 2011., Funding Institutions, Research Foundation—Flanders (FWO)
Crafting a Natural History of Art in Early Modern Antwerp
This project examined the relationship between craft, curiosity, and the pursuit of natural knowledge in Antwerp during the second half of the sevente
Engineering, Cartography, and the Culture of Knowledge in Late Sixteenth-Century Rome
This research project investigated projects of engineering and urban redesign in late sixteenth century Rome—flood control (of the Tiber River),