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1 online resource (xvii, pages) : illustrations (some color). |
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text file |
| Series |
Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions,
2352-1325 ;
volume 29
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History of science and medicine library. Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; v. 29.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Teyler's Foundation in Haarlem and its 'Book and Art Room' of 1779, edited by Ellinoor Bergvelt and Debora Meijers, examines for the first time this institution in the context of scientific, museological, political, artistic, religious and philosophical developments. The key moment was the decision in 1779 to give a free interpretation to the testament of its founder, the Mennonite entrepreneur Pieter Teyler van der Hulst (1702-1778): stimulated by the naturalist Martinus van Marum, the Foundation's board decided to build an impressive museum room and to establish a natural science collection. The institution thus entered an era in which older scientific and collecting traditions engaged with new developments towards a research institution and a public museum of natural history, physics and art"-- Provided by publisher |
| Contents |
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 Zaunstöck -- 11 The Rise of the Modern Romantic Concept of Art and the Art Museum -- Arnold Heumakers -- Bibliography -- Photo Credits -- Index. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Teylers Stichting -- History.
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Teylers Stichting. |
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History. |
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Teylers Museum -- History.
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Teylers Museum. |
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Learned institutions and societies -- Netherlands -- Haarlem.
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Learned institutions and societies. |
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Netherlands -- Haarlem. |
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Netherlands -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
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Netherlands. |
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Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
Bergvelt, Ellinoor, editor.
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Meijers, Debora, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Teyler's Foundation in Haarlem and its 'Book and Art Room' of 1779. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] 9789004440999 (DLC) 2020041404 |
| ISBN |
9789004441446 (electronic book) |
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9004441441 (electronic book) |
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9789004440999 (hardcover) |
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