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As images that cannot be clearly classified as either art or science, topographical views challenge art history. For example, coastal views…
Tabea Braun
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Whether along the coast, on the open sea, or underwater, film as a narrative and audiovisual medium offers virtually limitless possibilitie…
Denis Grünemeier
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This PhD project focuses on the depiction of aquatic life in the context of two natural history collections. In order to shed light on the…
Dorothee Fischer-Kuklau
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The dissertation on the artist's life and work will include a critical biography and the first-ever compilation of all primary sources. An…
Patrick Riviere
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Reliable sea charts and sound nautical knowledge are as crucial for safe navigation of the seas today as they were during the era of Europe…
Ulrike Gehring
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Meteorological phenomena are shaped by regional conditions, and their interpretation is predetermined by the site of observation. It was on…
Ulrike Gehring
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In her doctoral project, Anita Markmiller examines the relationship between humans, the sea, and the Divine in the sixteenth century from a…
Anita Markmiller
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As long as people have ventured out onto the open sea in boats, exposing themselves to the whims of tides and winds, they have sought to ob…
Ulrike Gehring
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Jannik Eikmeier’s project Visualisation of Maritime Spaces in Sea Manuals and Marine Painting in England in the 17th and 18th Centuries (Vi…
Jannik Eikmeier
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Dutch painting of the 17th century shows a revolutionary fidelity to nature. Never before in the history of painting had artists attempted…
Franz Ossing
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The interdisciplinary research project COMPASS investigated the transfer of maritime and meteorological knowledge from antiquity to modern…
Ulrike Gehring | Andreas Lammer
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This interdisciplinary project focuses on visual and written representations of maritime risks and strategies for managing them in antiquit…
Ulrike Gehring
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A critical edition, translation, and some arguments against authenticity Among the texts of the Pseudo-Avicenna corpus, we find a short tre…
Colin Murtha
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With “The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805” (1822–24), Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) created his only royal commission – a…
Sophie Lindner
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The MARIS-project focuses on pictorial and written representations of maritime risks and strategies for their control in antiquity and the…
Ulrike Gehring | Simon Karstens | Christian Rollinger
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A special issue of the journal Das Mittelalter: Perspektiven mediävistischer Forschung of the Mediävistenverband will invite colleagues fro…
Beate Fricke | Andreas Lammer
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Interdisciplinary Research Project Historically, the meteorological phenomena observed in everyday life have been both subjects of pictoria…
Ulrike Gehring | Andreas Lammer
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The first mental representations of the known world, of its shape and size, were mainly based on a collective memory of the sea. Part of it…
Pascal Arnaud
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The world of objects and artifacts is at the core of this project that investigates the imageries and imaginaries associated with precious…
Christine Göttler
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The science of meteorology was of pivotal importance for late ancient and medieval societies. Consequently, numerous text – both already ed…
Andreas Lammer | Colin Murtha
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Sailing the seas requires a lot of theoretical knowledge and practical know-how. Routine actions are integrated into strictly organised pro…
Ulrike Gehring | Pascal Arnaud
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