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Observing the world through images : diagrams and figures in the early-modern arts and sciences / edited by Nicholas Jardine and Isla Fay.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scientific illustration--History.
- Scientific illustration.
- Visual communication in science--History.
- Visual communication in science.
- Art and science--History.
- Art and science.
- Science--History.
- Science.
- Art, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Brill, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The well-illustrated articles in Observing the World through Images offer insights into the uses of images in astronomy, mathematics, instrument-making, medicine and alchemy, highlighting shared forms as well as those peculiar to individual disciplines. Themes addressed include: the processes of image production and communication; the transformation of images through copying and adaptation for new purposes; genres and traditions of imagery in particular scientific disciplines; the mnemonic and pedagogical value of diagrams; the relationship between text and image; and the roles of diagrams as tools to think with. Contributors include: Isabelle Pantin, Jennifer Rampling, Samuel Gessner, Renee Raphael, Karin Ekholm, Hester Higton, and Katie Taylor.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction / Isla Fay and Nicholas Jardine
- Analogy and Difference / Isabelle Pantin
- Depicting the Medieval Alchemical Cosmos / Jennifer M. Rampling
- Anatomy, Bloodletting and Emblems / Karin Ekholm
- The Use of Printed Images for Instrument-Making at the Arsenius Workshop / Samuel Gessner
- Reconstructing Vernacular Mathematics / Katie Taylor
- Instruments and Illustration / Hester Higton
- Teaching through Diagrams / Renée Raphael
- Index of Names / Nicholas Jardine and Isla Fay.
- Notes:
- Originally published as volume xviii, nos. 1-2 (2013) of Brill's journal, Early science and medicine.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-26385-3
- OCLC:
- 865650273
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004263857 DOI
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