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Cabinetizing Art and Knowledge in Early Modern Northern Europe
In recent years, a vast amount of scholarship has been devoted to early modern collections and particularly to the so-called "cabinet of curiosity," d
Art and Alchemy
Giorgio Vasari in the mid-sixteenth century and later Karel van Mander in his Schilder-boeck (1604), portrayed Van Eyck as “a man who delighted in alc
Cooperation Partners:, Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast
China in the Studio. Painting Porcelain in the Seventeenth-Century Netherlands
The European fascination with Chinese porcelain began when the first cargo reached Middelburg in 1602. Within four decades, the Dutch had imported ove
Cipriano Piccolpasso's Art of the Potter
This project focused on the visuality of sixteenth-century pottery, particularly istoriato-ware, and examined evidence of the technological developmen
Publications
Wharton, Steve: ‘The Materials of Colour in Italian Renaissance Maiolica: The Inventory of Francesco di Luca, Orciolaio’, in Trade
Chemical Knowledge and the Armourers’ Art
The suit of plate armour appeared (uniquely) in Europe in the fourteenth century and remained in use for war and sport for three centuries. Armourers
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
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
Alchemy 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