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Rijksmuseum / Trippenhuis, Amsterdam, NL, September 17 - 18, 2015Registration deadline: Sep 14, 2015On September 17 and 18, 2015, Amsterdam is to host the conference 'Art and Science in the Early Modern Low Countries (ca 1560-1730)', organized by the Rijksmuseum and the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands.Prior to the eighteenth century, 'art' and 'science' were often considered complementary, rather than opposite, expressions of human culture. They enlightened one another: through comparable curiosity,knowledge and observation of the world, but also in their resulting products: paintings, prints, books, maps, anatomical preservations, life casts, and many others. Scholars, craftsmen and artists often engaged in observing and representing nature, in close cooperation.During the sixteenth and seventeenth century, it was the Low Countries that emerged as a center of artistic and scientific innovation andcreativity, and as central points in the exchange of goods, knowledge and skill. It is certainly no coincidence that the outburst of artisticproductivity in the Netherlands, both the South and the North,coincided with the 'Scientific Revolution'.The conference 'Art and Science in the Early Modern Low Countries' wants to contribute to the dialogue between experts in the history of art, historians of science, and all those interested in the visual and material culture of the sixteenth and seventeenth-century Netherlands. The conference focuses on historical objects, images, works or art or texts that represent the combination of art and science, and looks attheir origin and intended audience. Sessions are, amongst others,devoted to the culture of collecting; modes of representing livingnature; the influence of new optical devices on the arts; and theimpact of travels abroad on representations of the world.Although the emphasis of the conference will be on the Low Countries,both the South and the North, several contributions also include developments elsewhere in Europe. This way, it hopes to offer a broad overview of the way in which art and science came together in the early modern Low Countries.Keynote Speakers:- Pamela H. Smith, Columbia University, New York- Alexander Marr, University of CambridgeOrganizing committee:Eric Jorink and Ilja Nieuwland (Huygens Institute for the History ofthe Netherlands, The Hague), Jan de Hond, Gregor Weber, Gijs van derHam and Pieter Roelofs (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)Scientific committee:Joanna Woodall (The Courtauld Institute of Art, London), Karin Leonhard(Universität Konstanz), Tim Huisman (Museum Boerhaave Leiden)Venues:The first day of the conference (September 17) takes place in theRijksmuseum, the second day (September 18) in the Trippenhuis (Seat ofthe Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), both in Amsterdam.PROGRAMDay 117 September, Auditorium Rijksmuseum9.00-9.30Registration and coffee9.30-9.40Opening by Taco Dibbits (Director of collections, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)9.40-10.00Eric Jorink (Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, The Hague)Introduction. Art and Science in the Early Modern Low Countries10.00-10.45Key-note lecturePamela H. Smith (Columbia University, New York)t.b.a.10.45-11.00 Coffee11.00-12.15Session I: Representing Nature in New MediaMarisa Anne Bass (Harvard University)Portentous Nature: Frogs, Fossils, and Divine Disasters inMid-Sixteenth-Century AntwerpMarrigje Rikken (Leiden University)Exotic Animals in Flemish Art. Representing New Species in a New Mediumaround 1600Tonny Beentjes, Arie Pappot and Lisa Wiersma (Rijksmuseum / UniversityAmsterdam)"Blommen ende Beestjens af te gieten": Life-casting in the Netherlands12.15-12.25Intermezzo I: Life-casting experiments Rijksmuseum12.25-14.00 Lunch, and opportunity to visit highlighted objectsRijksmuseum.14.00-15.15Session II: Collecting and Communities of DiscourseNadia Baadj (Bern University)The Cabinetization of Art and Science in the Early Modern Low CountriesPaul van Duin (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)A unique Matera Medica Cabinet with a Miniature ApothecaryBert van der Roemer (University of Amsterdam)Dutch Collectors and the Metaphor of Nature as an Embroidery15.15-15.35Intermezzo II: Ways of Seeing, Ways of Knowing(a.o. Presentation microscope and camera obscura by Museum BoerhaaveLeiden)15.35-16.00 Tea16.00-17.15Session III: The Body and the EyeDaniel Margócsy (University of New York)t.b.a.Huib J. Zuidervaart (Huygens Institute for the History of theNetherlands, The Hague)Mathematical and Optical knowledge in mid-17th century DelftKatrien Vanagt (Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands,The Hague)Vopiscus Fortunatus Plempius and the Working of the EyeFollowed by the movie 'In Waking Hours'17.15-18.00 DrinksDay 218 September, Trippenhuis (Seat Royal Dutch Academy of Arts andSciences)9.30-9.40Welcome; opening9.40-10.55Session IV: Representing Anatomy (of animals and humans)Lisa Bourla (University of Pennsylvania)Art, Anatomy, and Pedagogy between Flanders and Florence c. 1600Gaëtane Maes (Université de Lille)Between Nature, Anatomy and Art: Crispijn de Passe's Methods to drawAnimalsSteven Nadler (University of Wisconsin-Madison)Picturing Descartes's Man: The Illustrations of the Traité de l'homme,1662 and 166410.55-11.15 Coffee11.15-12.00Key-note:Alexander Marr (University of Cambridge)Early Modern Epistemic Images12.00-13.00 Lunch, poster-presentations13.00-14.15Session V: The Small WorldFloriana Giallombardo (Univerity of Palermo)Paolo Boccone's Recherches et observations naturelles (Amsterdam,1674). European Curiosity, Microscopic Anatomy and the Enigma ofFigured StonesAnn-Sophie Lehmann, Jeroen Stumpel, (University of Groningen /University of Utrecht)Oil and Observation. Vision and Science in Willem Beurs' Treatise onOil Painting, De groote waereld in 't kleen geschildertKay Etheridge (Gettysburg College)Maria Sibylla Merian: Envisioning the Natural World14.15-14.35Intermezzo III (10-minute presentations)14.35-15.00 Tea, poster-presentations15.00-16.15Session VI: The World at Large: Exploring OverseaClaudia Swan (Northwestern University, Chicago)"Al hetwelcke my een groote verwonderinge was": Birds of Paradise inDutch art, science, and tradeThijs Weststeijn (University of Amsterdam)The Chinese Challenge: East Asia in Nicolaas Witsen's CollectionEsther Helena Arens (University of Cologne)Between the Exact and the Economic: Material and Illustration inRumphius' Rariteitkamer and Kruid-boek, 1670s to 1740s16.15-16.35Intermezzo IV (10-minute presentations)16.35-17.00Discussion and concluding remarks17.00-18.00 Drinks; poster-presentationsFor a tentative program please consult:https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/art-and-scienceAdmission and registration:€ 95 (both days); Students: € 45.Register at: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/art-and-scienceFor more information:Ilja Nieuwland, ilja.nieuwland@huygens.knaw.nl