Moving Dutch Knowledge: Collections as Knowledge Repositories and Sites of Transformation and Transfiguration
Both the Southern and Northern Netherlands were a mighty hub for art, culture, trade, and, ultimately, knowledge. Much of the latter has been preserved in objects as well as in the context in which they were collected and presented. However, all too often, the meta-level of knowledge is obscured by particular aspects related to single objects, without taking into account the larger context of the collection. Ultimately, collections of artistic and cultural objects as well as literal sources can serve not only as repositories of knowledge, but also display how this knowledge was perceived, stored, displayed, transformed, applied, and implemented into new contexts.
