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The practice of copying in making knowledge in Early Modern Europe: an introduction

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Abstract

Though the study of copying, imitation, forgery, and reproduction have a long lineage in the history of art, this special issue and its introduction seeks to investigate the role of copying texts and especially images in the process of making new knowledge in the early modern period. By looking at a wide variety of images produced in contexts such as artist workshops, learned societies, and publishing houses, and compared with the texts and terminologies of copying and knowledge that surround them, we are not only expanding the scope of when and where copying takes place, but especially to emphasize its importance to the process of creating knowledge. Copying – both its process and how we understand it – has not been a stable concept, and the introduction to these articles aim to dig deeper into how early modern artists and natural philosophers conceived of and implemented this practice.

Keywords: Copying, Knowledge, Images, Imitation, Rhetoric, Learning, Reproduction

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47 Language, Communication and Culture, 33 Built Environment and Design, 36 Creative Arts and Writing

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Word & Image

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Journal ISSN

0266-6286
1943-2178

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35

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Informa UK Limited

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Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/M001938/1)
AHRC-funded project “Making Visible: the visual and graphic practices of the early Royal Society,” AHRC Grant Reference: AH/M001938/1.