SHC Lecture: The Practical Kunstkammer: Prudence, Techne, and the Demise of Wonder (29 October 2020)

The Society for the History of Collecting Invites you to its Online Lecture The Practical Kunstkammer: Prudence, Techne, and the Demise of Wonder Prof. Mark A. Meadow History of Art and Architecture, University of California, Santa Barbara 29 October 2020 at 6.30pm GMT / 2.30pm EDT / 11.30am PDT Jan Brueghel the Elder and Peter … Continue reading SHC Lecture: The Practical Kunstkammer: Prudence, Techne, and the Demise of Wonder (29 October 2020)

SHC Review: Wolfram Koeppe Ed., Making Marvels: Science and Splendor at the Courts of Europe (New York: Metropolitan Museum & New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019), published in conjunction with the MMA exhibition 25 November 2019-1 March 2020. Review by Eleni Vassilika.

Wolfram Koeppe Ed., Making Marvels: Science and Splendor at the Courts of Europe (New York: Metropolitan Museum & New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019), published in conjunction with the MMA exhibition 25 November 2019-1 March 2020. Review by Eleni Vassilika. If there was ever an exhibition that one regrets not having seen, it was this … Continue reading SHC Review: Wolfram Koeppe Ed., Making Marvels: Science and Splendor at the Courts of Europe (New York: Metropolitan Museum & New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019), published in conjunction with the MMA exhibition 25 November 2019-1 March 2020. Review by Eleni Vassilika.

CONF: Ferdinand II of Austria, Prague, 21-23 February 2018

What: Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria (1529–1595) and his Cultural Patronage between Prague and Innsbruck Where: Prague, Academic Conference Center, Husova 4a. When: February 21 - 23, 2018 Information & registration at: archduke.ferdinand@post.cz There is no registration fee to participate in the conference. International Conference organized by the Institute of Art History (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague) in … Continue reading CONF: Ferdinand II of Austria, Prague, 21-23 February 2018