Inside the Kunstkammer: The Circulation of Optical Knowledge and Instruments at the Dresden Court (2009)
Dupré, Sven (Author)
Korey, Michael (Author)
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Volume: 40
Pages: 405--420
Edition Details: Part of a special issue: On Scientific Instruments
Language: English
The Kunstkammer of the Electors of Saxony, founded in Dresden around 1560, housed one of the richest collections of tools and scientific instruments in its day. A close analysis of the optical objects in the collection in the decades around 1600 is undertaken here---in particular, their arrangement by a mathematically trained curator, Lucas Brunn, and their use in an `experiment' by a distinguished visitor, Johannes Kepler. It is argued that the selection, display and use of optical objects within this collection reflect a specific, playful image of optics promoted at the Saxon court.
...MoreArticle Taub, Liba (2009) On Scientific Instruments. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (p. 337).
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