Publication

2004 - Birkhauser, Basel, Switzerland

Language

English

Word Count

77,000 words, Guess

Page Count

308 pages

Identifiers

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  • LibraryThing3567139
  • Goodreads5912815

Classifications

  • LCCQ

Description

The book is dedicated to the role of visual representations in the early modern period. It brings together historical case studies from various fields and discusses epistemological questions such as the role of images as mediatory instances between practical and theoretical knowledge, the interaction between images and texts, and the potential of images to synthesize fragments of knowledge to a global picture.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The power of images in early modern scienceBirkhauser2004

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