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Delft, Dirk; Pesapane, Elisa

 
9789048571482: What If...?: Dialogues Between Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek and Johannes Vermeer
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ISBN 10 : 9048571480 ISBN 13 : 9789048571482
Editeur : Amsterdam University Press, 2025

Synopsis

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek and Johannes Vermeer were roughly the same age, they were extremely curious and they grew up in the bustling city of Delft in the seventeenth century. Nowadays, they are world famous. Both explored and created new worlds. Van Leeuwenhoek discovered the miraculous micro-life with his self-built microscopes, Vermeer toyed with light and painted masterpieces such as Girl with a Pearl Earring and View of Delft. What if… they knew each other? What if they were best friends who discussed private and work-related issues that affected them in crucial moments in their lives? Masters in art and science, but at the same time people of flesh and blood, forever bound by light.In What if…? Dialogues between Antoni van Leeuwenhoek and Johannes Vermeer by author Dirk van Delft and visual artist Elisa Pesapane, their conversations are recorded in both words and images.

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À propos de l'auteur

Prof. Dr. Dirk van Delft (1951), guest researcher at Instituut-Lorentz for theoretical physics of Leiden University, former director of Rijksmuseum Boerhaave (history of science and medicine). Recent publications: biographies of meteorologist Buys Ballot, particle physicist Martinus Veltman and microscopist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. Elisa Pesapane (1979), artist, curator and writer. Creates multidisciplinary art projects and publications, solo and with colleagues from other fields. Recent publications: Liefde na Auschwitz (Love after Auschwitz) with Arnon Grunberg (Uitgeverij Zoetzuur), Slow Reading and the Shock of Recognition, with Carlo Ginzburg, Piero Boitani, Andrea A. Robiglio et al. Abacus series, UCO Press (Córdoba University Press).

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek and Johannes Vermeer were roughly the same age, they were extremely curious and they grew up in the bustling city of Delft in the seventeenth century. Nowadays, they are world famous. Both explored and created new worlds. Van Leeuwenhoek discovered the miraculous micro-life with his self-built microscopes, Vermeer toyed with light and painted masterpieces such as Girl with a Pearl Earring and View of Delft. What if… they knew each other? What if they were best friends who discussed private and work-related issues that affected them in crucial moments in their lives? Masters in art and science, but at the same time people of flesh and blood, forever bound by light.In What if…? Dialogues between Antoni van Leeuwenhoek and Johannes Vermeer by author Dirk van Delft and visual artist Elisa Pesapane, their conversations are recorded in both words and images.

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Éditeur
Amsterdam University Press
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9048571480
ISBN 13 
9789048571482
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
74
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