Laboratories of Art Alchemy and Art Technology from Antiquity to the 18th Century /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dupré, Sven (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 37
• Subjects: History.; Arts.; Metals.; History of Science.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods.; History, general.; Metallic Materials.

This book explores the interconnections and differentiations between artisanal workshops and alchemical laboratories and between the arts and alchemy from Antiquity to the eighteenth century. In particular, it scrutinizes epistemic exchanges between producers of the arts and alchemists. In the fifte...