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History of Science ON CALL: Mathias Grote (in German)
MehrHistory of Science ON CALL: Mathias Grote (in German)
MehrHistory of Science ON CALL: Togo Tsukahara
MehrHistory of Science ON CALL: Togo Tsukahara
MehrAlchemy 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
Early Modern Art Technologies and Materials
This project investigated why and how artist’s materials and techniques became an object of study for chymists, natural historians, physicians, mathem
Cooperation Partners:, Ateliergebouw / Restoration & Conservation, University of Amsterdam
Gems and the New Science: Jewellers, Travellers, and Natural Philosophers from Gassendi to Dufay
This project explored the role of gems in defining and advancing some of the many varieties of “new science” that emerged in the seventeenth and eight