This article argues that in the early modern period, epistemic genres were transformed to suit new purposes. Modelled on the experimental essay form used by proponents of the New Sciences, the Dutch polymath and painter Simon Eikelenberg (1663-1738) wrote down ervarenissen to document how painting materials such as varnishes were prepared. Recipes have been identified as the ubiquitous vehicles for written know-how in the early modern period, yet authors continuously searched for new ways to unpack the ineffable dimensions of know-how in text. This article explores the ervarenissen as an alternative communicative strategy. Eikelenberg appropriated the experimental essay to create expressive instructions. He emphasized the specificity and idiosyncrasy of an act of making, tried to establish a sympathetic relationship with his readers, and showed how vulnerability, failure and improvisation belong to the workshop.

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打开食谱和交流经验：Simon Eikelenberg (1663-1738) 的 Ervarenissen 和绘画艺术

本文认为，在近代早期，认知类型发生了转变以适应新的目的。荷兰博学者兼画家西蒙·艾克伦伯格（Simon Eikelenberg，1663-1738 年）以新科学支持者使用的实验论文形式为蓝本，写下了 ervarenissen 以记录如何准备油漆等绘画材料。在近代早期，食谱被认为是书面知识无处不在的载体，但作者不断寻找新方法来解开文本中难以言喻的知识维度。本文探讨了 ervarenissen 作为另一种交际策略。艾克伦伯格利用实验性文章来创建富有表现力的指令。他强调制作行为的特殊性和特质，试图与他的读者建立一种同情的关系，