Art and Science in the Early Modern Netherlands (Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art / Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek): Art and Science in ... wetenschap in de vroegmoderne Nederlanden: 61 - Hardcover

Eric Jorink; Bart Ramakers

 
9789040078088: Art and Science in the Early Modern Netherlands (Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art / Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek): Art and Science in ... wetenschap in de vroegmoderne Nederlanden: 61
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9040078084 ISBN 13: 9789040078088
Publisher: Waanders Publishers, 2012

Synopsis

Art and science are commonly considered to be two distinct expressions of human culture. This volume of the Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art is devoted to the very rich but also complex relationship between the two in the early modern Netherlands, a relationship that went much further than the use of linear perspective in painting. Both in theory and in everyday practice, the distinction between art and science was hard to sustain - and often proved to be irrelevant. The contemporary Latin terms 'ars' and 'scientia' were complementary rather than opposites, covering a spectrum of meanings, such as skill, experience and knowledge. In the early modern Netherlands, artists perfected the portrayal of human anatomy, natural historians reflected on the visual representation of previously unknown life-forms, and wealthy citizens possessed cabinets of curiosities in which naturalia and artificialia shared prominence. The case studies in this rich and challenging volume explore such topics as the influence of pictography, theories of vision and colour, the influence of Cartesian natural philosophy on art theory, and the allegorisation of science in Dutch frontispieces, amongst others.

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From the Back Cover

‘Kunst’ en ‘wetenschap’ worden veelal beschouwd als geheel verschillende uitingen van de menselijke cultuur. Deze aflevering van het Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek is gewijd aan de uitzonderlijk rijke en complexe verhouding tussen beiden in de vroegmoderne Nederlanden, die veel verder ging dan het gebruik van lijnperspectief in de schilderkunst. Zowel in theorie als in de alledaagse praktijk was de grens tussen ‘kunst’ en ‘wetenschap’ nauwelijks te trekken, en deed deze er feitelijk ook weinig toe. Kunstenaars oefenden zich in de weergave van de menselijke anatomie, natuuronderzoekers dachten diepgaand na over de representatie van voorheen onbekende levensvormen, en vermogende burgers legden rariteitenverzamelingen aan, waarin naturalia en artificalia ogenschijnlijk kriskras door elkaar werden tentoongesteld.
Thema’s in Art and science in the early modern Netherlands zijn onder meer de rol van pictografie; uiteenlopende theorieën over licht en kleur; de invloed van nieuwe natuurfilosofische ideeën op de kunsttheorie, en de frontispices van wetenschappelijke boeken.

‘Art’ and ‘science’ are commonly considered to be two distinct expressions of human culture. This volume of the Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek is devoted to the extremely rich and complex relationship between these two in the early modern Netherlands, a relationship which went much further than the use of a linear perspective in painting. Both in theory and in everyday practice, the distinction between ‘art’ and ‘science’ was hard to sustain, and often proved to be not that relevant at all. Artists perfected the portrayal of human anatomy, natural historians reflected on the visual representation of previously unknown forms of life, and wealthy citizens possessed cabinets of curiosities in which naturalia and articificalia shared prominence. Case studies in Art and science in the early modern Netherlands explore the influence of pictography; theories of vision and colour; the influence of Cartesian natural philosophy on art theory, and the the allegorisation of science on Dutch frontispieces.

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Kunst en wetenschap worden veelal beschouwd als geheel verschillende uitingen van de menselijke cultuur. Deze aflevering van het Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek is gewijd aan de uitzonderlijk rijke en complexe verhouding tussen beiden in de vroegmoderne Nederlanden, die veel verder ging dan het gebruik van lijnperspectief in de schilderkunst. Zowel in theorie als in de alledaagse praktijk was de grens tussen kunst en wetenschap nauwelijks te trekken, en deed deze er feitelijk ook weinig toe. Kunstenaars oefenden zich in de weergave van de menselijke anatomie, natuuronderzoekers dachten diepgaand na over de representatie van voorheen onbekende levensvormen, en vermogende burgers legden rariteitenverzamelingen aan, waarin naturalia en artificalia ogenschijnlijk kriskras door elkaar werden tentoongesteld. Themas in Art and science in the early modern Netherlands zijn onder meer de rol van pictografie; uiteenlopende theorieën over licht en kleur; de invloed van nieuwe natuurfilosofische ideeën op de kunsttheorie, en de frontispices van wetenschappelijke boeken. Art and science are commonly considered to be two distinct expressions of human culture. This volume of the Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek is devoted to the extremely rich and complex relationship between these two in the early modern Netherlands, a relationship which went much further than the use of a linear perspective in painting. Both in theory and in everyday practice, the distinction between art and science was hard to sustain, and often proved to be not that relevant at all. Artists perfected the portrayal of human anatomy, natural historians reflected on the visual representation of previously unknown forms of life, and wealthy citizens possessed cabinets of curiosities in which naturalia and articificalia shared prominence. Case studies in Art and science in the early modern Netherlands explore the influence of pictography; theories of vision and colour; the influence of Cartesian natural philosophy on art theory, and the the allegorisation of science on Dutch frontispieces.

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Publisher
Waanders Publishers
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9040078084
ISBN 13 
9789040078088
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
306