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Lorraine Daston in der Süddeutschen Zeitung im Interview über Visualisierung in der Wissenschaft
Zum Artikel (Paywall)Camera Obscura
The project deals with the evolution of the camera obscura in Western culture, its uses and applications for the observation and representation of the
Fieldworks of Early Modern Architectural Knowledge
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The theoretical development of architecture in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries problematizes the meaning of “mechanical knowledge.” Architecture
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Art History around 1900 as Art’s “Transcultural Reflection” avant la lettre
Around 1900, art history found itself at a key point in its history, when it critically deliberated over its objects and methodologies and argued for
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Events
March 2021
Lessico warburghiano. I prestiti delle scienze negli scritti sull’arte di Aby Warburg, Accad
Hortus Indicus Malabaricus: The Eurasian Life of a Seventeenth-Century European Botanical Classic.
This group examines the Hortus Indicus Malabaricus (1678–93)—a survey of the floral riches of Malabar in southwest India—as an example of experiential
Book Presentation | May 5, 2023 | 16:00 to 18:00
Visions of New Science: On the Dialogical Poetry of Dante Alighieri and Johannes Kepler
MoreArchitecture and Geometry
From the earliest history of science onwards, ancient architecture has embodied complex geometrical knowledge. Architecture provides the largest body
Ptolemy’s Geography
Ptolemy’s Geography (second century CE) contains a catalog where localities are listed with their geographical coordinates, as well as concrete instru
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The research project investigates the genesis of Ptolemy’s geographical catalog of places, in particular by considering its structure and the relation
Ancient Babylonian Astronomy
The first complex and at the same time empirically exact scientific theories date back to the year 2000 BC. A series of projects investigated the inte
The Invention of the Normal Child: The Developmental Norms and the Visual Technologies of Arnold Gesell’s Laboratory (1911-1948)
Developmental norms for assessing whether a child is developing "normally" have been subject to critique since their inception. While for some critics