Observing the world through images : : diagrams and figures in the early-modern arts and sciences / / edited by Nicholas Jardine and Isla Fay.
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 ima...
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Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : Brill,, 2014. |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Notes: | Originally published as volume xviii, nos. 1-2 (2013) of Brill's journal, Early science and medicine. |
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Table of 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.