Prints and the pursuit of knowledge in early modern Europe / edited by Susan Dackerman ; with essays by Susan Dackerman [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dackerman, Susan, editor, contributor.

Harvard Art Museums, organizer, host institution, publisher.

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art and science--Exhibitions.

Art and science.

Knowledge, Sociology of--Exhibitions.

Knowledge, Sociology of.

Prints, European--16th century--Exhibitions.

Prints, European.

Prints, Renaissance--Exhibitions.

Prints, Renaissance.

Europe--Intellectual life--16th century--Exhibitions.

Europe.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (442 pages) : 271 illustrations (some color), maps, portraits

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Art Museums, [2011]

Summary:

"An unusual collaboration among distinguished art historians and historians of science, this book demonstrates how printmakers of the Northern Renaissance, far from merely illustrating the ideas of others, contributed to scientific investigations of their time. Hans Holbein, for instance, worked with cosmographers and instrument makers on some of the earliest sundial manuals published; Albrecht Durer produced the first printed maps of the constellations, which astronomers copied for over a century; and, Hendrick Goltzius' depiction of the muscle-bound Hercules served as a study aid for students of anatomy. Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe features fascinating reproductions of woodcuts, engravings, and etchings; maps, globe gores, and globes; multilayered anatomical 'flap' prints; and, paper scientific instruments used for observation and measurement"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction : Prints as instruments / Susan Dackerman

Printmaking and knowledge

Constellations and configurations

Observing nature

Observation / Lorraine Daston

The rhinoceros

Dürer's indexical fantasy : the rhinoceros and printmaking / Susan Dackerman

Theater of nature

Illustrated natural history / Claudia Swan

Measurement

Printed instruments

Georg Hartmann and the development of printed instruments in Nuremberg / Suzanne Karr Schmidt

Mapping

Allegory

Allegories of knowledge / Katharine Park.

Notes:

International Fine Print Dealers Association Book Award, 2012

Sixteenth Century Society & Conference Roland H. Bainton Prize, Art and Music History, 2012

Description based on print record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on May 30, 2018).

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Harvard Art Museums, September 6-December 10, 2011, and the Block Museum of Art, January 17-April 8, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780300238365

0300238363

OCLC:

1042077102