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A.A. Kroon

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Drs. Andrea A. Kroon (1968) is working as an art historian for Kroon & Wagtberg Hansen in The Hague, The Netherlands. She has specialized in visual arts, interior decoration and design between 1850 and 1950, and has been studying the material culture of freemasonry and the cultural heritage of western esoteric currents since 1993.
She currently combines working for various museum, exhibition and publication projects with her PhD research on the subject of 'The influence of Dutch freemasons on the cultural and commercial exchange with Asia (1734-1853), and the material culture resulting from this exchange' (University of Leiden, Fac. of Art History).

Since 2001 Kroon is chairwoman of the OVN, Foundation for the advancement of the academic study of the history of freemasonry in the Netherlands (Stichting ter bevordering van wetenschappelijk Onderzoek naar de geschiedenis van de Vrijmetselarij in Nederland). The Foundation provides research grants to students and scholars, and participates in heritage projects. For more information, please contact: info@stichtingovn.nl, or see: http://www.stichtingovn.nl, http://ovnnews.blogspot.com (English), http://stichtingovn.blogspot.com (Dutch).

Kroon is currently editor the first book to appear on the methodology of art history in relation to the study of Western esotericism, together with ESSWE-member Marty Bax. The working title of the book is 'The Initiated Artist. Methodological Introduction into Western Esotericism in Art, 18th-20th Century'. It is scheduled for publication by the Amsterdam University Press in 2010. For more information, please contact the editors at: esotericartbook@yahoo.com.


Website: http://www.kroonwagtberghansen.nl

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Books by A.A. Kroon
Symbolism in 18th Century Gardens. The Influence of Intellectual and Esoteric Currents, such as Freemasonry
Editors(s):J.A.M. Snoek, M. Scholl, A.A. Kroon
Publisher:Stichting OVN
  


Masonic and Esoteric Heritage. A New Perspective for Art and Heritage Policies
Editors(s):A. Kroon, M. Bax
Publisher:Stichting OVN
  


Henri Verstijnen, 1880-1940. Beeldend kunstenaar en theosoof
Publisher:Waanders
  


Archiefwijzer maconnieke archieven
Editors(s):Audrey Wagtberg Hansen
Publisher:Stichting OVN