6 mai 2022
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modernum, « Conférence - The Art and Nature of Glass. A Material in the Early Modern History of Knowledge », ModerNum, ID : 10.58079/rk8z
Sven Dupré (Utrecht University) : The Art and Nature of Glass – A Material in the Early Modern History of Knowledge Today, glass is ubiquitous, from window glass to tableware, and from eyeglasses to glass fibres. I am currently writing a history of glass, and in this lecture, I will reflect on the opportunities of a focus on one material – glass – in writing the history of knowledge. Such a history cuts across the worlds of art, science, craft and technology, and across the various propertie...