
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures and Photographic Credits
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Vijverhof and the Pursuit of Nature
- 2 Vijverhof in Context
- 3 Vijverhof as a Space of Knowledge Creation, Exchange, and Relationships
- 4 Becoming Flora Batava
- 5 Flora Batava in Context
- 6 The Bloemenboek and Block’s Watercolours: Self-Fashioning at the Intersection of Art and Science
- 7 The Bloemenboek as a Meeting Place and Visual Manifestation of Agnes Block’s Artistic Network
- Conclusion
- Appendix A
- Bibliography
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 February 2024
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures and Photographic Credits
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Vijverhof and the Pursuit of Nature
- 2 Vijverhof in Context
- 3 Vijverhof as a Space of Knowledge Creation, Exchange, and Relationships
- 4 Becoming Flora Batava
- 5 Flora Batava in Context
- 6 The Bloemenboek and Block’s Watercolours: Self-Fashioning at the Intersection of Art and Science
- 7 The Bloemenboek as a Meeting Place and Visual Manifestation of Agnes Block’s Artistic Network
- Conclusion
- Appendix A
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Gender and Self-Fashioning at the Intersection of Art and ScienceAgnes Block, Botany, and Networks in the Dutch 17th Century, pp. 7 - 8Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2023