In case it's of interest (translated from German by Google) Karen Karen Reeds, “Mark Catesby’s Botanical Forerunners in Virginia,” in The Curious Mister Catesby: A “truly ingenious” naturalist explores new worlds, ed. E. Charles Nelson and David J. Elliott (Athens GA: University of Georgia Press, 2015), Chapter 3, pp 27-38. https://www.catesbytrust.org/curious-mister-catesby http://arthist.net/archive/10856 Natural History of the 20th & 21th century. (Hannover 10-12 Sep 15) Sprengel Museum Hannover, 10. - 09.12.2015 Registration deadline: September 10, 2015 Objectivity and imagination natural history in the 20th and 21st century An interdisciplinary conference of the Sprengel Museum Hannover and the University of Hanover in cooperation with the Lower Saxony State Museum Hannover In the center of the meeting of the interactions between natural history and art in the 20th and 21st centuries are under the perspective of epistemological and aesthetic contexts. The body of knowledge of natural history includes the diversity of animate and inanimate nature and its forms of presentation. The conference is dedicated to the continued existence and further development of naturalist representation traditions in their appropriation by the art. The reciprocal influence of science and aesthetic image strategies is also discussed how the boundaries of their interaction. The Meeting adopted so explicit reference to the natural history and the meaning given immanent aspects, ie. On the development of nature as a process on scientific research and methods as well as natural history knowledge in the history of art theory and artistic practice The conference is sponsored by the Foundation of Lower Saxony and the University of Hannover. For detailed information under the menu item events / conferences and symposia on the side www.sprengel-museum.de Program: Thursday, September 10, 2015 8:30 clock Arrival and registration Greetings and Organisational 9.30 Clock Dr. Reinhard Spieler, director Sprengel Museum Hannover Prof. Dr. Josef von Helden, president of the University of Hannover Joachim Werren, secretary general of the Foundation of Lower Saxony Rose Anne Kessler MA, University of Hanover and Dr. Isabelle Schwarz, Sprengel Museum Hannover and Dr. Annette Richter, Lower Saxony State Museum Introduction and basics 10.00 clock Annerose Kessler MA, University of Hannover, Faculty III - Media, Information and Design Introduction to the meeting Dr. Annette Richter, Lower Saxony State Museum, Natural History Oberkustodin for Paradise Lost - natural history museum collections as a mirror of human worldview 10.50 clock Coffee break Media and techniques of recording and its importance for artistic and naturalistic cognitive processes 11.20 clock Dr. Anne Marno, Heinrich-Heine University in Dusseldorf, Institute for History of Medicine and Institute of Art History Between objectivity 'and Imagination: On the influence of imaging techniques in medicine in contemporary works of fine art on the example of the X-Ray Style by Nick Veasey 12.00 clock Prof. Dr. Hans Dickel, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Department of Art History perception and conception of nature in contemporary art. A look at their media and techniques 12.40 clock lunch break 13.15 clock short guided tour of the natural history in the 20th and 21st centuries in the collection of the Sprengel Museum Hannover with Dorte Wiegand MA (reservation required) Adaptation of operating principles of the nature and principles of order of natural history through art 14.00 clock Prof. Dr. Christian Janecke, Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach forms without us. Changes of chance in the relationship between nature and art 14.40 clock Prof. Dr. Friedrich Weltzien, University of Hannover, Faculty III - Media, Information and Design waves and cells. Willi Baumeister and the image of the amorphous nature 15.20 clock Prof. Dr. Carolin Höfler, Fachhochschule Köln, Faculty of Cultural Studies "The imaginative vision is structure-oriented." Strategies of the unification of art and science 16.00 clock Coffee break 16.20 clock Dr. Kassandra Nakas, University of the Arts, Department of History and Theory of Design To / disorders. Nature and natural history in contemporary art 17.00 clock Julia Bayerl MA, University of Potsdam, BMBF joint project "Alexander von Humboldt's American Travel diaries: genealogy, chronology and epistemology" Humboldt Revisited: Artistic Nature research on the 8th Berlin Biennale Friday, September 11, 2015 The role of the artist as a naturalist researcher 9.30 Clock Dr. Heike Thienenkamp, Bielefeld University, Department of Art and Music Education to appropriate biotechnological topics and methods through art 10.10 clock Hubertus Butin, a freelance journalist and curator, Berlin The interior of the atom - Gerhard Richter's artistic reflections nanotechnological visualizations 10.50 clock Coffee break 11.20 clock Dr. Isabelle Schwarz, Sprengel Museum Hannover hermaphrodites between natural history and film artists (based on Jean Painlevé) 12.00 clock Maria Bremer MA, Freie Universität Berlin / ERC / German Forum for Art History, Paris "science without question". Artistic Grenzgänge the example of Paul-Armand Gettes, À travers le Paysage ' 12.40 clock lunch break Lower Saxony State Museum: Abstract on object: von Humboldt and the natural history of the example of the fat bird (Steatornis) with Dr. Annette Richter Naturkundliche forms of presentation and their influence on the artistic practice 14.00 clock Dr. Martina Dlugaiczyk, University of Trier, ERC project artifex, Chair Art History Architectonicidae Architectonica - Architect (ur) s and natural sciences.Thoughts on the active power of teaching collections at the beginning of the modern age 14.40 clock Dr. Uta grain Meier, Center for Literary and Cultural Research in Berlin, scientific coordinator of the research project, skull base knowledge. Cultural implications of plastic surgery of the skull 'and PD Dr. Georg Toepfer Center for Literary and Cultural Research in Berlin, head of research department of life knowledge and the research project, The migratory limits of biology' Nature in the box. Aesthetic and museum answers to the problem of natural history dioramas 15.20 clock Prof. Dr. Claudia Hattendorff, University of Giessen, Institute of Art Education Nature - Art - migration. The "Diorama" by Hiroshi Sugimoto from 16.00 clock excursion (leaving at the main entrance) walk through selected tray areas of the Lower Saxony State Museum Hannover with Dr. Annette Richter, Oberkustodin of Natural History, and conversation with the artist Julia Schmid, Hannover Saturday, September 12 2015 Creations of Natural History 9.30 clock Prof. Dr. Verena Kuni, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Department of Art Education, Visual Culture Aesthetics and Communication of the species 10.10 clock Prof. Dr. Hugo Fortes, University of São Paulo, Brazil Natural Sciences representation models in contemporary art 10.50 clock Coffee break 11.20 clock Dr. the. Isabella Augart, University of Hamburg, Department of Art History Graham Sutherland's "bestiaries". Naturkundliche forms of presentation and their influence on the artistic practice 12.00 clock Linn Burchert MA, University of Jena, Kunsthistorisches Seminar Between Myth and model. Natural additions Remedios Varo 12.40 clock lunch break 13.20 clock Dr. of Kerstin Borchardt, University of Leipzig, Department of Art History. Greifbar and ghastly: The Monster as a cipher of science in modern art 14.00 clock Annalena Seiser MA, University of Potsdam, Institute for Arts and Media Cultured images, vivid statues 14.40 clock final discussion Participation in the conference is free. Registration is requested under tagung.naturgeschichte @web.de Venue: Sprengel Museum Hannover Kurt Schwitters-Platz 30169 Hannover Tel. 0511 - 168 4 38 75 www.sprengel-museum.de Contact: Anne Rose Kessler MA Dr. Isabelle Black tagung.naturgeschichte @web.de ________________________________ Reference: CONF:. Natural History of the 20th & 21th century (Hannover 10-12 Sep 15).In: H-ArtHist, Sep 3, 2015 (Accessed September 3, 2015), < http://arthist.net/archive/10856>. Karen Reeds [log in to unmask] Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? 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