The great art of knowing : the baroque encyclopedia of Athanasius Kircher / edited by Daniel Stolzenberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stolzenberg, Daniel.

Stanford University. Libraries.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680--Exhibitions.

Kircher, Athanasius.

Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680.

Jesuits--Italy--Rome--Exhibitions.

Jesuits.

Science--Europe--History--17th century--Exhibitions.

Science.

History.

Europe.

Italy--Rome.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

xi, 160 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

[Stanford, Calif.] : Stanford University Libraries, 2001.

Contents:

Foreword / Michael A. Keller

Preface / Roberto G. Trujillo and Henry Lowood

Introduction : inside the baroque encyclopedia / Daniel Stolzenberg

Science, history, and erudition : Athanasius Kircher's museum at the Collegio Romano / Paula Findlen

Kircher's magnetic investigations / Martha Baldwin

Kircher's subterranean world and the dignity of the geocosm / Tara E. Nummedal

The connoisseur of magic / Daniel Stolzenberg

Between the demonic and the miraculous : Athanasius Kircher and the baroque culture of machines / Michael John Gorman

Making music, making knowledge : the harmonius universe of Athanasius Kircher / Penelope Gouk

Matters medical / Martha Baldwin

"If you have a secret, either keep it, or reveal it" : cryptography and universal language / Nick Wilding

China illustrata : the universe in a cup of tea / Haun Saussy

Kircher's Egypt / Daniel Stolzenberg

Kircher among the ruins : esoteric knowledge and universal history / Daniel Stolzenberg

Appendix I : Kircher's correspondence / Nick Wilding

Appendix II : Bibliography of works by and related to Athanasius Kircher at the Stanford University Libraries / John E. Mustain and Barry E. Hinman.

Notes:

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Stanford University Libraries."

"As a catalog it accompanies the exhibition ... on view at Stanford in the Bing Wing of the Cecil H. Green Library from April through July 2001 ... It has been published on the occasion of an international symposium on Athanasius Kircher to be held April 27-28, 2001, and cosponsored by the Department of History, the Science, Technology, and Society Program, and the Stanford University Libraries"--p. ix.

"Edizioni Cadmo ... Fiesole FI Italy ... Designer: Rufus Deuchler, RD Communication Design, Florence Italy"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0911221239

OCLC:

47754398