Take a closer look at the materials and techniques used to create select works from the special exhibition “Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment.” Conservation experts and curators delicately outline the physical properties of the objects discussed and explain how their materiality brings the works to life. #daretoknow In this installment, conservator Yi Bin Liang explores a set of five cow-skin leather bound volumes from Jacob Christian Schäffer, even touching upon possible incidents of insanity that came from finger licking and page flipping! She also deconstructs how these ornate books were created, gilded, sewn and bound, detailing the intricate artistic process. TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: + Explore the Special Exhibition: https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/daretoknow + Jacob Christian Schäffer, German, "Versuche and Muster ohne all Lumpen [...] Papier zu machen" ("Tirals and Samples [...] for Making Paper without Rags"), 1765. https://books.google.com/books?id=TxC8HsUVjXIC&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q&f=false SPEAKER: Yi Bing Liang, Conservation Technician, Staus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at the Harvard Art Museums. --- All images and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and this channel does not claim any right over them. Copyright Disclaimer: Any use of copyrighted content on this channel constitutes “fair use” pursuant to 17 U.S. Code § 107 as it is utilized for the purpose of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Video Thumbnail: Screencapture of Jacob Christian Schäffer, German, "Versuche and Muster ohne all Lumpen [...] Papier zu machen" ("Tirals and Samples [...] for Making Paper without Rags"), 1765. Music: Frank and Poet. © Blue Dot Sessions. Video: © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Videography: John Neely. For questions related to permission for commercial use of this video, please contact the Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources at am_divr@harvard.edu. #daretoknow #bookmaking #harvardartmuseums