Papermuseum of the Petersburg Academy of Science 1725-1760 - Renee Kistemaker; Natalya Kopaneva; Debora Meijers; Georgy Vilinbakhov
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In the early eighteenth century, Peter the Great established the "Kunstkamera as the encyclopedic museum of the Academy of Sciences in Russia. This volume offers for the first time a complete detailed catalog of the approximately 2,200 surviving drawings of the objects in the museum's collections. The result of a five-year research effort by distinguished Russian and Dutch scholars, this comprehensive work provides a wealth of insights into the original collection of the legendary "Kunstkamera.
The drawings cover a wide range of disciplines, from botany and anatomy to archaeology and Chinese objects and were used to document the objects in the museum's collections and to illustrate Academy members' publications. The volume opens with four thematic essays that consider the historical and aesthetic significance of the drawings. Nine subsequent sections discuss specific types of objects and feature numerous illustrations. A bilingual Russian-English DVD augments this volume with a detailed searchable catalogue an...
The drawings cover a wide range of disciplines, from botany and anatomy to archaeology and Chinese objects and were used to document the objects in the museum's collections and to illustrate Academy members' publications. The volume opens with four thematic essays that consider the historical and aesthetic significance of the drawings. Nine subsequent sections discuss specific types of objects and feature numerous illustrations. A bilingual Russian-English DVD augments this volume with a detailed searchable catalogue an...
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2011Uitgever: Amsterdam University Press347 paginasTaal: NederlandsISBN-10: 9069844265ISBN-13: 9789069844268Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original pictorial boards, numerous colour and b/w illustrations, DVD in pocket in front, 4to. History of science and scholarship in the Netherlands Volume 6. [Auteur: Kistemaker, Renée & Natalya P. Kopaneva - and others] [Pagina's: 347] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Amsterdam : Edita-KNAW] [Jaar: 2005] [Titel: Papermuseum of the Petersburg Academy of Science 1725-1760]
