Chapter The Art of Glassmaking and the Nature of Stones. The Role of Imitation in Anselm De Boodt's Classification of Stones

• Main Author: Dupré, Sven (auth)
• Other Authors: Augart, Isabella (Editor), Saß, Maurice (Editor), Wenderholm, Iris (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2018
• Series: Naturbilder / Images of Nature 8
• Subjects: The arts: general issues; History of art / art & design styles; Art; Stone; Artistic material; Nature imitation
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

What is a stone? in Gemmarum et lapidum historia (The History of Gems and Stones), pub-lished in 1609, and arguably the most important work on stones of the seventeenth cen-tury, the flemish physician anselm de Boodt listed precious stone brought to europe from asia and the new World, illustrated wi...