Universität Basel
Veranstalter:
Theresa Holler (Basel), Hannah Baader (Florenz/Berlin), Andrew Griebeler (Princeton)
Visualizing Drugs & Dyes. Art and Pharmacology in (Early) Medieval Worlds (600 - 1400)
Plants have long shaped the material practice and imagination of pharmacy. Far more than animals or minerals, plants and their products were central to medicine in premodern epistemologies. Notwithstanding this close, underlying relationship between art and pharmacology in surviving medieval texts on healing and pharmacy produced between the 7th- 14th century, visualizations of medical substances have not yet sufficiently been the focus of art historical studies. Images of plants and their pigments and dyes invite further investigations into their epistemic status as well as their therapeutic and mimetic capacities. Hence, there is a variety of different questions, which could be addressed in papers and at the conference. We welcome papers from all geographical regions, within a premodern, medieval timeframe. You can find additional information in the CfP-PDF attached.
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