Engraving Accuracy in Early Modern England : : Visual Communication and the Royal Society / / Meghan Doherty.
The book traces major concepts including: the creation of the visual effects of accuracy through careful action and training; the development of visual judgment and connoisseurship; the role of a network in the production of knowledge; balancing readers’ expectations with representational convention...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Scientiae Studies ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. “Innocent Witch-craft of Lights”: Developing Visual Judgment through Printed Books
- 2. “A New Visible World”: Developing a Visual Vocabulary for the Microscopic
- 3. “Nearly Resembling the Live Birds”: Collecting and Collating for the Reformation of Natural History
- 4. “These Rude Collections”: Accumulating Observations and Experiments
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index