The Alchemical Laboratory in Visual and and Written Sources
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Alchemy was an experimental laboratory activity that involved
numerous disciplines. It was practised over time and among various
strata of society, ranging from artisans and burghers, physicians
and clergy, to nobility and rulers. It was part of the natural
sciences, but also included medicine, religion and the fine arts,
which is why the study of its history requires an interdisciplinary
approach. This book analyses images of alchemical laboratories, and
their textual sources, as they appeared in manuscripts and printed
alchemical treatises, especially during the Early Modern Period.
Our study also integrates illustrations from treatises on mining
and metallurgy, and seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish genre
painting. In terms of methodology, our analysis works within the
wider context of contemporary depictions of scientific subjects and
technology. Based on a representative sample of sources, we
reconstruct the basic laboratory equipment and show how the vessels
and apparatus were related to particular processes. We also
describe the development of depicting laboratory equipment with
respect to its significance for the history of art and of
technology. The final part of the book is devoted to depictions of
alchemists at work, from both alchemical sources and genre
painting.
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