Il network delle relazioni di Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605) in Italia, Europa e nel mondo
Published 2024-07-12
Keywords
- Ulisse Aldrovandi, Five hundredth anniversary, Network, Correspondence, Data Visualization
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Copyright (c) 2024 Noemi Di Tommaso, Sara Obbiso
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Abstract
Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605) was one of the most renowned naturalist the sixteenth century. His aim to gather different natural species ‘as in a journey’ impelled him to expand his network by engaging with scholars and technicians from various professional backgrounds and radically different formations. A significant trace of this social network is undoubtedly his correspondence, spanning a period of seventy years and comprising over 2,100 letters with more than 400 correspondents, showcasing the breadth of the scholar’s relationships.
The collection and analysis of these data have been utilized to construct several exhibition pathways within the L’altro Rinascimento. Ulisse Aldrovandi e le meraviglie del mondo exhibition, of which this contribution represents a deepening. Indeed, through the use of visualization tools such as maps and graphs, this intervention aims to delineate the diachronic development of the increasingly dense network of relationships that the Bolognese scholar was able to weave across Italy, Europe, and the world.