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SUMMARY:Colour me alchemical\, or: form\, execution and function in alchem
 ical illustrations - Anke Timmermann (Department of History and Philosophy
  of Science)
DTSTART:20150122T163000Z
DTEND:20150122T180000Z
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CONTACT:Richard Staley
DESCRIPTION:Illustrations in alchemical manuscripts have received some sch
 olarly attention in recent years\, often with a focus on the colourful and
  beautiful\, and in exploration of a single author's work\, of a specific 
 text and its illustrations\, or of an individual manuscript. This talk wil
 l provide additional perspectives on alchemy and images through the lens o
 f substantial collections such as those held in Cambridge archives: manusc
 ripts not primarily selected for their artistic qualities\, but by their o
 riginal collectors' miscellaneous interests\, by institutions' collection 
 strategies and more or less successful attempts at preservation\, and gene
 rally\, by the chance of survival. I will offer an overview of the nature 
 and extent of illustration in alchemical manuscripts\, and then present a 
 case study to investigate why\, how and how successfully writers of manusc
 ripts in the early modern period illustrated alchemical works. Particular 
 emphasis will be placed on the concepts of movement in drawings and the co
 nnection between experimentation\, illustration and perception.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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