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Gems in the Early Modern World [[electronic resource] ] : Materials, Knowledge and Global Trade, 1450–1800 / / edited by Michael Bycroft, Sven Dupré
| Gems in the Early Modern World [[electronic resource] ] : Materials, Knowledge and Global Trade, 1450–1800 / / edited by Michael Bycroft, Sven Dupré |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 pages) |
| Disciplina | 736.2 |
| Collana | Europe's Asian Centuries |
| Soggetto topico |
World history
Asia—History Europe—History Civilization—History History World History, Global and Transnational History Asian History European History Cultural History History of Science |
| ISBN | 3-319-96379-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction; Michael Bycroft and Sven Dupré -- Part I. Motion -- 2. The Plundering of the Ceylonese Royal Treasury, 1551-53: its Character, Cost and Dispersal; Hugo Miguel Crespo -- 3. Diamond-studded Paths: Lines of Communication and the Trading Network of the Hellemans Family, Jewellers from Antwerp; Christina M. Anderson -- 4. The Impact of European Trade with Southeast Asia on the Mineralogical Studies of Robert Boyle; Claire Sabel -- Part II. Value -- 5. Branches and Bones: The Transformative Matter of Coral in Ming Dynasty China; Anna Grasskamp -- 6. Boethius de Boodt and Emergence of the Oriental/Occidental Distinction in European Mineralogy; Michael Bycroft -- 7. Good and Bad Diamonds in Seventeenth-century Europe; Marcia Pointon -- 8. The Repudiation and Persistence of Lapidary Medicine in Eighteenth-century Dutch Medicine and Pharmacy; Marieke Hendriksen -- Part III. Skills -- 9. Polito et Claro. The Art and Knowledge of Polishing, 1200-1500; Marjolijn Bol -- 10. Mughal Lapidaries and the Inherited Modes of Production; Taylor L. Viens -- 11. Knowledge, Technique, and Taste in Transit: Diamond Polishing in Europe, 1500-1800; Karin Hofmeester -- 12. Gems and Counterfeited Gems in Early Modern Antwerp: from Workshops to Collections; Marlise Rijks. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910485052803321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 | ||
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Laboratories of Art [[electronic resource] ] : Alchemy and Art Technology from Antiquity to the 18th Century / / edited by Sven Dupré
| Laboratories of Art [[electronic resource] ] : Alchemy and Art Technology from Antiquity to the 18th Century / / edited by Sven Dupré |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
| Disciplina | 745.09 |
| Collana | Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology |
| Soggetto topico |
History
Arts Ceramics Glass Composites (Materials) Composite materials Metals History of Science Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials History, general Metallic Materials |
| ISBN | 3-319-05065-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | About the Authors -- Introduction; Sven Dupré -- Chapter 1 The Alchemical Art of Dyeing: The Fourfold Division of Alchemy and the Enochian Tradition; Matteo Martelli -- Chapter 2 Transmission of Alchemical and Artistic Practices and Materials in German Mediaeval and Premodern Recipe Books; Sylvie Neven -- Chapter 3 Artisanal Processes and Epistemological Debate in the Works of Leonardo da Vinci and Vannoccio Biringuccio; Andrea Bernardoni -- Chapter 4 Artificial Interventions in the Natural Form of Things: Shared Mettallogenetical Concepts of Goldsmiths and Alchemists; Henrike Haug -- Chapter 5 The Laboratories of Art and Alchemy at the Uffizi Gallery in Renaissance Florence: Some Material Aspects; Fanny Kieffer -- Chapter 6 Material and Temporal Powers at the Casino San Marco (1574-1621); Marco Berretta -- Chapter 7 Goldsmiths and Chymists: The Activity of Artisans within Alchemical Circles; Lawrence M. Principe -- Chapter 8 Refutata per ignem: The Evidence for the Use of Thermal Analysis in Seventeenth Century European Ceramic Innovation; Morgan Wesley. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483166703321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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