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Author:   Ellinoor S. Bergvelt ,  Debora J. Meijers
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   29
Weight:   0.673kg
ISBN:  

9789004440999

ISBN 10:   9004440992
Pages:   310
Publication Date:   17 December 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface List of Illustrations Abbreviations Notes on Contributors PART 1 Introduction and Background 1 Purpose and Structure of the Book Debora J. Meijers and Ellinoor S. Bergvelt 2 Teyler's Foundation and the Two Societies: Emergence and Development up to c. 1800 Debora J. Meijers 3 A Museum within the Foundation, 1779-2020 Debora J. Meijers PART 2 Teyler's as a Case in a Re-reading of the History of Science 4 'The World We Have Lost': In Praise of a Comprehensive Ideal of Science and Scholarship Wijnand W. Mijnhardt 5 The First Museum in the Netherlands? The Establishment of Teyler's Oval Room in Historical Perspective (c. 1600-1800) Eric Jorink 6 How to Collect Minerals, Rocks and Fossils for a Museum: The International Networks of Martinus van Marum (1750-1837) Bert Sliggers PART 3 Teyler's between the Natural Sciences and the Visual Arts 7 'Truth-to-Nature' in the Museum? Wybrand Hendriks, Martinus van Marum and the 'Reasoned Image' Koenraad Vos 8 An Asset to Art. The Purchase of Italian Old Master Drawings from the Odescalchi Collection in Rome by Teyler's Foundation in 1790: Motivation, Function, and the Context of Art Theory in the Netherlands Paul Knolle 9 Collecting and Displaying Art in Teyler's Museum, 1778-1885: The Usefulness of Drawings, Prints and Contemporary Paintings, and the Development of Public Access Terry van Druten PART 4 Teyler's in an International Perspective 10 Visiting Haarlem: August Hermann Niemeyer, the Cabinet of Artefacts and Natural Curiosities at the Halle Orphanage, and Teyler's Museum Holger Zaunstoeck 11 The Rise of the Modern Romantic Concept of Art and the Art Museum Arnold Heumakers Bibliography Photo Credits Index

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Ellinoor Bergvelt is Associate Professor Emeritus of Cultural History of Europe, University of Amsterdam, and Guest Researcher at that same university. She is also Research Fellow of Dulwich Picture Gallery (London), and Associate Researcher of the RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague). Among the publications she co-edited is De wereld binnen handbereik ('Distant Worlds made Tangible'; Amsterdam Historical Museum, 1992). Debora Meijers is Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, University of Amsterdam, and Guest Researcher at that same university. Since 2006 she has been a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her publications deal with the interface between art and science; among them is The Paper Museum of the Academy of Sciences in St Petersburg, c. 1725-60 (2005).

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