Early Modern Collections in Use

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Early modern collections played a key role in the creation and transmission of knowledge, but they are usually studied in terms of the objects they contained or how they came to exist. This conference instead explores how they were actually used in the 16th and 17th centuries. The conference was hel…

The Huntington

  • Sep 16, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 36m AVG DURATION
  • 14 EPISODES


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Hidden in Plain Sight: The ‘Kunstkammer’ of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2017 38:32


Jessica Keating from Carleton College delivers a talk titled “Hidden in Plain Sight: The ‘Kunstkammer’ of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II.” This talk was included in the session titled “Hiding.” Part of “Early Modern Collections in Use,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 15–16, 2017.

Sealed and Concealed: The Visible and Not-so-Visible Uses of a Botanical Collection

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2017 37:05


Victoria Pickering from The British Museum delivers a talk titled “Sealed and Concealed: The Visible and Not-so-Visible Uses of a Botanical Collection.” This talk was included in the session titled “Hiding.” Part of “Early Modern Collections in Use,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 15–16, 2017.

Collecting People

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2017 36:34


Elizabeth Eger from King’s College London delivers a talk titled “Collecting People.” This talk was included in the session titled “Visiting.” Part of “Early Modern Collections in Use,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 15–16, 2017.

Sir Hans Sloane’s Museum and Animal Encounters

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2017 38:26


Felicity Roberts from King’s College Londondelivers a talk titled “Sir Hans Sloane’s Museum and Animal Encounters.” This talk was included in the session titled “Visiting.” Part of “Early Modern Collections in Use,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 15–16, 2017.

‘Raised to High Eminence By the Excitement’: Collections and the Creation of ‘Provincial’ Medical Education

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2017 39:28


Alice Marples from The John Rylands Research Institute, University of Manchester, delivers a talk titled “‘Raised to High Eminence By the Excitement’: Collections and the Creation of ‘Provincial’ Medical Education.” This talk was included in the session titled “Disseminating.” Part of “Early Modern Collections in Use,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 15–16, 2017.

The Interpretation of Mexican Indigenous Objects in Collections in Early Modern Europe and New Spain

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2017 49:02


Daniela Bleichmar from University of Southern California delivers a talk titled “The Interpretation of Mexican Indigenous Objects in Collections in Early Modern Europe and New Spain.” This talk was included in the session titled “Disseminating.” Part of “Early Modern Collections in Use,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 15–16, 2017.

Concluding Roundtable

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2017 43:15


Arnold Hunt, Miles Ogborn, Kim Sloan, and Mary Terrall take part in a concluding roundtable discussion. Part of “Early Modern Collections in Use,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 15–16, 2017.

Welcoming Remarks by Steve Hindle

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2017 2:14


Steve Hindle from The Huntington welcomes participants and attendees to “Early Modern Collections in Use,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 15–16, 2017.

Remarks by Elizabeth Eger and Anne Goldgar

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2017 11:34


Elizabeth Eger and Anne Goldgar from King’s College London deliver remarks for “Early Modern Collections in Use,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 15–16, 2017.

Why Put a Museum in a Book? Ferrante Imperato and Natural History in Sixteenth-Century Naples

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2017 51:20


Paula Findlen from Stanford University delivers a talk titled “Why Put a Museum in a Book? Ferrante Imperato and Natural History in Sixteenth-Century Naples.” This talk was included in the session titled “Conceptualizing.” Part of “Early Modern Collections in Use,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 15–16, 2017.

Birds of (Early) America

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2017 44:00


Peter Mancall from University of Southern California and The USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute delivers a talk titled “Birds of (Early) America.” This talk was included in the session titled “Conceptualizing.” Part of “Early Modern Collections in Use,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 15–16, 2017.

Johann Daniel Major (1634-1693) and the Experimental Museum

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2017 41:09


Vera Keller from University of Oregon delivers a talk titled “Johann Daniel Major (1634-1693) and the Experimental Museum.” This talk was included in the session titled “Displaying.” Part of “Early Modern Collections in Use,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 15–16, 2017.

Quiccheberg, Prudence, and the Display of Techne in the Brueghel/Rubens Allegories of the Senses

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2017 40:06


Mark Meadow from University of California, Santa Barbara, delivers a talk titled “Quiccheberg, Prudence, and the Display of Techne in the Brueghel/Rubens Allegories of the Senses.” This talk was included in the session titled “Displaying.” Part of “Early Modern Collections in Use,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 15–16, 2017.

How to Seem a Connoisseur: Learning to Perform in Early Modern Art Collections

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2017 43:24


Anne Goldgar from King’s College London delivers a talk titled “How to Seem a Connoisseur: Learning to Perform in Early Modern Art Collections.” This talk was included in the session titled “Performing.” Part of “Early Modern Collections in Use,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 15–16, 2017.

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