Author: Kistemaker, Renée E., N.P. Kopaneva, D.J. Meijers, G.V. Vilinbakhov (eds.)
Title: The paper museum of the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, c. 1725-1760 : introduction and interpretation.
Description: Amsterdam : Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005. Hardcover. xi,347 pp. With DVD. (History of science and scholarship in the Netherlands, volume 6). Condition : new. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : new. - In the early eighteenth century, Russian ruler Peter the Great established the Kunstkamera as the encyclopaedic museum of the Academy of Sciences. This volume offers for the first time a complete detailed catalogue of the approximately 2,200 surviving drawings of the objects in the museum s collections. The result of a five-year research effort by distinguished Russian and Dutch scholars, this comprehensive work provides a wealth of insights into the original collection of the legendary Kunstkamera. The drawings cover a wide range of disciplines, from botany and anatomy to archaeology and Chinese objects and were used to document the objects in the museum's collections and to illustrate Academy members' publications. The volume opens with four thematic essays that consider the historical and aesthetic significance of the drawings. Nine subsequent sections discuss specific types of objects and feature numerous illustrations. A bilingual Russian-English DVD augments this volume with a detailed searchable catalogue and full-color images of the complete collection of drawings. ISBN 9789069844268.

Keywords: ARCHITECTURE, Architecture, Architektur