A two-day workshop on the art, science, trade and consumption of gems in the early modern world, organised by Michael Bycroft, Sven Dupré and Marta Ajmar. In the early modern period, as today, gems were the ultimate ‘hybrid objects.’ They played key roles in decorative art, global trade, and science and medicine. The aim of…

Historicus Sven Dupré en kunstenaar Levi van Veluw zullen de Studium Generale Kunst & Wetenschapslezing van 2016 verzorgen, getiteld ‘Een creatief mengsel’. Vaak komen kunst en wetenschap samen in techniek, denk bijvoorbeeld aan film en fotografie. Zonder speciale lichttechnieken zouden diepere lagen achter schilderijen onontdekt blijven. Ook bij de restauratie en conservering van kunstobjecten zijn wetenschappers onontbeerlijk. De productie…

This spring’s CHIP lecture, titled ‘Laboratories for Art, Recipes for Knowledge’, will be given by Sven Dupré, recently appointed as Professor of History of Art, Science and Technology at the department of Art History of Utrecht University and the University of Amsterdam and a member of UU’s Descartes Centre for the History and Philosophy of the…

The newly initiated Technical Art History Colloquium is organised by prof. dr. Sven Dupré (Utrecht University and University of Amsterdam, PI ERC ARTECHNE) and dr. Arjan de Koomen (University of Amsterdam, Department of Art History, Coordinator MA Technical Art History). Monthly meetings will take place on Thursdays, alternately in Utrecht and Amsterdam. In the second edition…