Observing the world through images : diagrams and figures in the early-modern arts and sciences / / edited by Nicholas Jardine and Isla Fay

• Pubblicazione: Boston : , : Brill, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 240
• Soggetto topico: Scientific illustration - History; Visual communication in science - History; Art and science - History; Science - History; Art, Modern
• Altri autori: JardineNicholas FayIsla
• Note generali: Originally published as volume xviii, nos. 1-2 (2013) of Brill's journal, Early science and medicine.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Observing the world through images
• ISBN: 90-04-26385-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790828903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II