Description
The workshop is intended to examine the evolution of the epistemological status of scientific collections in private and academic botanical gardens during the 18th and19th centuries. In 1793, the establishment of the Museum national d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris marked the beginning of new era for botanical gardens. They turned to educational places showing the diversity of nature to a large public. One of the consequences was the development of new educational collections. Comparing the plant kingdom on show in botanical gardens with the former status of botanical collections in the cabinets of curiosities of the Enlightenment we will be in position to discuss the development of a new aesthetic of scientific knowledge.
An important part of the workshop will take place in the collections of the University: in the botanic garden and in the national herbarium. During the days of the workshop we will refer to the following literature:
Marco Beretta (ed.), From Private to Public: Natural Collections and Museums, Sagamore Beach Mass.: Science History Publications, 2005.
Lorraine Daston & Katharine Park, Wonders and the Order of Nature, 1150-1750, New York: Zone Books, 1998.
Ray Desmond, Kew: The History of the Royal Botanic Garden, London: The Harvill Press, 1995.
Nicholas Jardine, Emma C. Spary (eds.), Cultures of Natural History, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
John Dixon Hunt (ed.), Garden History: Issues, Approaches, Methods, Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Collection, 1992.
Sue, Minter, The Apothecaries’ Garden A History of the Chelsea Physic Garden, Thrupp: Sutton Publishing, 2003.
Nicolas Robin (ed.), Designing Botanical Gardens: Science, Culture and Sociability, London: Taylor & Francis, 2008.
Emma C. Spary, Utopia’s garden: French Natural History from Old Regime to Revolution, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Teaching method
Instruction meeting and workshop
Admission requirements
See Art History program guide and Exam regulations
Course objectives
To be announced
Course load
5-10 ects
Required reading
Marco Beretta (ed.), From Private to Public: Natural Collections and Museums, Sagamore Beach Mass.: Science History Publications, 2005.
Lorraine Daston & Katharine Park, Wonders and the Order of Nature, 1150-1750, New York: Zone Books, 1998.
Ray Desmond, Kew: The History of the Royal Botanic Garden, London: The Harvill Press, 1995.
Nicholas Jardine, Emma C. Spary (eds.), Cultures of Natural History, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
John Dixon Hunt (ed.), Garden History: Issues, Approaches, Methods, Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Collection, 1992.
Sue, Minter, The Apothecaries’ Garden A History of the Chelsea Physic Garden, Thrupp: Sutton Publishing, 2003.
Nicolas Robin (ed.), Designing Botanical Gardens: Science, Culture and Sociability, London: Taylor & Francis, 2008.
Emma C. Spary, Utopia’s garden: French Natural History from Old Regime to Revolution, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Test method
Written paper
Time table
One day meeting on 9 February: introduction and instruction + assignment.
Two days workshop on 30 and 31 of March.
For MA Art History: 5 ec = paper + presentation
Deadline Paper May 14
For Research MA: 10 ec = paper + presentation & Research paper
Deadline Paper May 14
Deadline Research Paper June 15
Information
n.f.g.robin@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Study coordinator MA: stucokg@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Study coordinator Res. MA b.p.m.dongelmans@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Registration
U-twist
Blackboard
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Remarks
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