7 The VOC Boardroom: A Forensic Investigation into the Built Environment

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1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Acknowledgements 7
4. 1 Introduction: Objects, Commodities and Material Cultures in the Dutch Republic Exploring Early Modern Materiality Across Disciplines 9
5. 2 The Anatomical Atlas: Govert Bidloo and Gerard de Lairesse’s Anatomia Humani Corporis (1685) 27
6. 3 The Bullet and the Printing Press: Objects Celebrating the Battle of Gibraltar (1607) 55
7. 4 A Baluster: Amalia van Solms and the Global Trade in Japanese Lacquer 83
8. 5 The Graphometer and the Book: How Petronella Johanna de Timmerman (1723/1724–1786) Merged Science and Poetry 111
9. 6 Shells: Shaping Curiosity in the Dutch Republic 141
10. 7 The VOC Boardroom: A Forensic Investigation into the Built Environment 171
11. 8 The Muller: Insights into Practical Artistic Knowledge through Re- Making Experiments 199
12. 9 Blue Paper: Its Life, Origin, History and Artistic Exploration 237
13. List of illustrations with photo credits 261
14. Index 267