Aldrovandi, truthfully drawing naturalia, and local context

Author(s):
Egmond, M.F. (0000-0003-2588-2831)
Published
2021
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

This essay focuses on the 16th-century Bolognese naturalist and collector Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605) and his enormous image collection of naturalia. Do these images present a specifically Bolognese form of visual natural science, and was his visual format of truthfulness new at the time? Did local visual culture leave clear marks on Aldrovandi’s image collection?

Natural HistoryAldrovandiPaintersBolognaArt HistoryVisual History
Date issued
2021
Language
English
Is part of
Acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia (2021), Vol. 32, no. 18, p. 81-95
hdl
1887/3281159
URL
https://journals.uio.no/acta/issue/view/784