Die Veranstaltung versteht sich als internationales Arbeitstreffen und richtet sich in erster Linie an NachwuchswissenschaftlerInnen aus den Bereichen der Kunst- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte. In zwei Sektionen (I Scientific Instruments, II Gardens, Plants and Animals) werden Fragen zu laufenden und kürzlich abgeschlossenen Projekten diskutiert sowie weiterführende Perspektiven erarbeitet. Interessierte ZuhörerInnen und MitdiskutantInnen sind willkommen. Bitte melden Sie sich bis zum 18. Juni 2014 an unter schmiedeluni-wuppertal.de

The international workshop is primarily addressed to young researchers in the early modern history of art and natural sciences. In two sections (I Scientific Instruments, II Gardens, Plants and Animals) we will discuss ongoing and recently finished projects to elaborate further perspectives of research and cooperation. Guests are welcome. If you are interested in listening and participating in the discussions please register until June 18th 2014: schmiedeluni-wuppertal.de

Preliminary Program

Wednesday, July 2

13.00-13.15
Volker Remmert/Irina Schmiedel: Introduction

Section I: Scientific Instruments, Chair: Matteo Valleriani

13.15-14.30
Lisbet Tarp/Laura Thomasen: Learning by doing – visual and textual strategies in instruction of art and science in the early modern period

14.30-14.45
coffee break

14.45-15.45
Jennifer Rabe: A piece of time: the universal equinoctial ringdial in portrait

16.15-17.45
José Ramón Marcaida: Christoffel Jegher and his woodcuts. The status of the artist in early seventeenth-century natural history (evening lecture, part of the IZWT Colloquium)

Thursday, July 3

Section II: Gardens, Plants and Animals, Chair: Karin Leonhard

10.00-11.00
Irina Schmiedel: New science vs. princely representation? Botany at the late Medici court in Florence

11.00-12.00
Marrigje Rikken: Animals in art: Antwerp and Prague as incubators of a new genre in drawings, prints and paintings

12.00-13.30
Lunch Break

13.30-14.30
Simone Kaiser: Light in the garden of the arts and sciences

14.30-15.00
Final Discussion