Teyler's Foundation in Haarlem and Its 'Book and Art Room' of 1779 - A Key Moment in the History of a Learned Institution

Teyler's Foundation in Haarlem and its 'Book and Art Room' of 1779, edited by Ellinoor Bergvelt and Debora Meijers, examines for the first time this remarkable institution in the context of scientific, museological, political, artistic, religious and philosophical developments.

About the author

Ellinoor Bergvelt is Associate Professor Emeritus of Cultural History of Europe, University of Amsterdam, and Guest Researcher at that same university. She is also Research Fellow of Dulwich Picture Gallery (London), and Associate Researcher of the RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague). Among the publications she co-edited is De wereld binnen handbereik ('Distant Worlds made Tangible'; Amsterdam Historical Museum, 1992).

Debora Meijers is Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, University of Amsterdam, and Guest Researcher at that same university. Since 2006 she has been a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her publications deal with the interface between art and science; among them is The Paper Museum of the Academy of Sciences in St Petersburg, c. 1725-60 (2005).

Product details

• Assisted by: Ellinoor S Bergvelt (Editor), Ellinoor S. Bergvelt (Editor), Debora J Meijers (Editor), Debora J. Meijers (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.12.2020
• EAN: 9789004440999
• ISBN: 978-90-04-44099-9
• No. of pages: 328
• Weight: 673 g
• Series: Scientific and Learned Culture
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories