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Objects, Commodities and Material Cultures in the Dutch Republic Exploring Early Modern Materiality Across Disciplines
272 Pages
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Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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How did objects move between places and people, and how did they reshape the Republic's arts, cultures and sciences?, 'Objects' were vitally significant for the early modern Dutch Republic, which is known as an early consumer society, a place famous for its exhaustive production of books, visual arts and scientific instruments. What happens when we push these objects and their materiality to the... Read more
Acknowledgements, Introduction: Objects, Commodities and Material Cultures in the Dutch Republic. Exploring Early Modern Materiality Across Disciplines, 2. The Anatomical Atlas: Govert Bidloo and Gerard de Lairesse's Anatomia Humani Corporis (1685), 3. The Bullet and the Printing Press: Objects Celebrating the Battle of Gibraltar (1607), 4. A Baluster: Amalia van Solms and the Global Trade in Japanese Lacquer, 5. The Graphometer and the Book: How Petronella Johanna de Timmerman (1723/1724-1786) Merged Science and Poetry, 6. Shells: Shaping Curiosity in the Dutch Republic, 7. The VOC Boardroom: A Forensic Investigation into the Built Environment, 8. The Muller: Insights into Practical Artistic Knowledge through Re-Making Experiments, 9. Blue Paper: Its Life, Origin, History and Artistic Exploration, List of illustrations with photo credits, Index
Biography
Judith Noorman is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Amsterdam and leads the Dutch Research Council project The Female Impact, 2021–2026. As Director of the Amsterdam Centre for Studies in Early Modernity, she has organized the Object Colloquia Series, which laid the foundation for this book. Feike Dietz is Professor of Global Dynamics of Dutch Literature at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on the relationship between early modern texts, knowledge and reading, with special attention devoted to youth, women and girls.
