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Book SynopsisTeyler’s Foundation in Haarlem and its ‘Book and Art Room’ of 1779, edited by Ellinoor Bergvelt and Debora Meijers, examines for the first time this institution in the context of scientific, museological, political, artistic, religious and philosophical developments. The key moment was the decision in 1779 to give a free interpretation to the testament of its founder, the Mennonite entrepreneur Pieter Teyler van der Hulst (1702–1778): stimulated by the naturalist Martinus van Marum, the Foundation’s board decided to build an impressive museum room and to establish a natural science collection. The institution thus entered an era in which older scientific and collecting traditions engaged with new developments towards a research institution and a public museum of natural history, physics and art. Contributors: Ellinoor S. Bergvelt, Terry van Druten, Arnold Heumakers, Eric Jorink, Paul Knolle, Debora Meijers, Wijnand Mijnhardt, Bert Sliggers, Koenraad Vos, and Holger Zaunstöck.
Table of ContentsPreface List of Illustrations Abbreviations Notes on Contributors PART 1 Introduction and Background 1 Purpose and Structure of the Book Debora J. Meijers and Ellinoor S. Bergvelt 2 Teyler’s Foundation and the Two Societies: Emergence and Development up to c. 1800 Debora J. Meijers 3 A Museum within the Foundation, 1779–2020 Debora J. Meijers PART 2 Teyler’s as a Case in a Re-reading of the History of Science 4 ‘The World We Have Lost’: In Praise of a Comprehensive Ideal of Science and Scholarship Wijnand W. Mijnhardt 5 The First Museum in the Netherlands? The Establishment of Teyler’s Oval Room in Historical Perspective (c. 1600–1800) Eric Jorink 6 How to Collect Minerals, Rocks and Fossils for a Museum: The International Networks of Martinus van Marum (1750–1837) Bert Sliggers PART 3 Teyler’s between the Natural Sciences and the Visual Arts 7 ‘Truth-to-Nature’ in the Museum? Wybrand Hendriks, Martinus van Marum and the ‘Reasoned Image’ Koenraad Vos 8 An Asset to Art. The Purchase of Italian Old Master Drawings from the Odescalchi Collection in Rome by Teyler’s Foundation in 1790: Motivation, Function, and the Context of Art Theory in the Netherlands Paul Knolle 9 Collecting and Displaying Art in Teyler’s Museum, 1778–1885: The Usefulness of Drawings, Prints and Contemporary Paintings, and the Development of Public Access Terry van Druten PART 4 Teyler’s in an International Perspective 10 Visiting Haarlem: August Hermann Niemeyer, the Cabinet of Artefacts and Natural Curiosities at the Halle Orphanage, and Teyler’s Museum Holger Zaunstöck 11 The Rise of the Modern Romantic Concept of Art and the Art Museum Arnold Heumakers Bibliography Photo Credits Index
