Researcher

Annemie Leemans

Research Expertise:In my research I fore-mostly concentrate on how the early modern visual culture developed. The focus lies on the knowledge needed to create artefacts and the process of how this knowledge came tin existence, how it was disseminated and how this knowledge was used. Attention is paid to artists, craftsmen, amateurs and scientists. I also have a strong interest in the reception of artists and their knowledge in more recent times and in current popular culture.

Keywords:ART TECHNOLOGY, KNOWLEDGE HISTORY, ARTISTIC ANATOMY, Political and social sciences

Disciplines:Historiography, Early modern history, History not elsewhere classified, Gender studies, Criticism and theory, History of art, Visual cultures, Crafts, Graphic arts, Painting and drawing, Printmaking

Research techniques:What artists and scientists write themselves and what is written about them is subjected to a critical analysis and is further placed within its context. I work in an interdisciplinary way, using different methods from the social and medical sciences, and humanities.

Users of research expertise:For people with an interest in the early modern period and its artistic movements, early modern science, the reception of early modern art and artists, recipes, knowledge history, and gender studies. In particular the artists Leonardo da Vinci, Levina Teerlinc, Sofonisba Anguissola, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi.