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“The Moslems want to see everything from close by”: seeing in pre-modern Eurasia
In 1626 , to gift their Mughal host in India, Francisco Pelsaert, an agent for the Dutch East India Company, sent the following request to his superiors in Europe: “Send us two or three good battle pictures, painted by an artist with a pleasing style, for the Moslems (Muslims) want to see everything from close by.” My talk starts with a discussion of the (in)validity of Pelsaertʼs observation and bring together a range of case studies to examine the relationship between objects and its beholders in Muslim societies in pre-modern Eurasia. It will also tentatively explore the link of the viewing habitus with the science of optics.
Date:
12 October 2020, 16:00
Venue:
Online with Zoom
Speaker:
Yusen Yu (Oxford)
Organising department:
Oxford Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology
Organiser contact email address:
hsmt@history.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Oxford Centre for the History of Science Medicine & Technology (OCHSMT) Seminars and Events
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0oceiqrjwpE9MYGzWuzjUU6ZHKXoBB9m4O
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Laura Spence
