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11 produkter
Matter of Art
Materials, Practices, Cultural Logics, C.1250–1750
Av Christy Anderson, Anne Dunlop m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1224 kr
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Materials carried the meaning of early modern art. Transformed and crafted from the matter of nature, art objects were the physical embodiment of both the inherent qualities of materials and the forces of culture that used, refined and produced them. The study of materials offers a new approach to …
Making Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
Practices, Objects, and Texts, 1400 - 1800
Av Pamela H. Smith, Benjamin Schmidt
Häftad, 2007
333 kr
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The fruits of knowledge - such as books, data, and ideas - tend to generate far more attention than the ways in which knowledge is produced and acquired. Correcting this imbalance, "Making Knowledge in Early Modern Europe" brings together a wide-ranging yet tightly integrated series of essays that …
Body of the Artisan
Art and Experience in the Scientific Revolution
Häftad, 2006
492 kr
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In "The Body of the Artisan", Pamela H. Smith demonstrates how much early modern science owed to an unlikely source: artists and artisans. Goldsmiths, locksmiths, carpenters, and painters were all sought after by early scientists for their intimate, hands-on knowledge of natural materials, as well …
Body of the Artisan
Art and Experience in the Scientific Revolution
E-bok, 2018
937 kr
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Since the time of Aristotle, the making of knowledge and the making of objects have generally been considered separate enterprises. Yet during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, the two became linked through a "new" philosophy known as science. In The Body of the Artisan , Pamela …
From Lived Experience to the Written Word
Reconstructing Practical Knowledge in the Early Modern World
E-bok, 2022
778 kr
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How and why early modern European artisans began to record their knowledge. In From Lived Experience to the Written Word , Pamela H. Smith considers how and why, beginning in 1400 CE, European craftspeople began to write down their making practices. Rather than simply passing along knowledge in the …
From Lived Experience to the Written Word
Reconstructing Practical Knowledge in the Early Modern World
Häftad, 2022
401 kr
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How and why early modern European artisans began to record their knowledge.In From Lived Experience to the Written Word, Pamela H. Smith considers how and why, beginning in 1400 CE, European craftspeople began to write down their making practices. Rather than simply passing along knowledge in the …
Business of Alchemy
Science and Culture in the Holy Roman Empire
Häftad, 2016
289 kr
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In The Business of Alchemy, Pamela Smith explores the relationships among alchemy, the court, and commerce in order to illuminate the cultural history of the Holy Roman Empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In showing how an overriding concern with religious salvation was transformed …
Business of Alchemy
Science and Culture in the Holy Roman Empire
E-bok, 2016
400 kr
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In The Business of Alchemy , Pamela Smith explores the relationships among alchemy, the court, and commerce in order to illuminate the cultural history of the Holy Roman Empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In showing how an overriding concern with religious salvation was transformed …
Matter of Art
Materials, Practices, Cultural Logics, C.1250–1750
Av Christy Anderson, Anne Dunlop m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
652 kr
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Materials carried the meaning of early modern art. Transformed and crafted from the matter of nature, art objects were the physical embodiment of both the inherent qualities of materials and the forces of culture that used, refined and produced them. The study of materials offers a new approach to …
Making Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
Practices, Objects, and Texts, 1400 - 1800
Av Pamela H. Smith, Benjamin Schmidt
Inbunden, 2007
879 kr
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The fruits of knowledge - such as books, data, and ideas - tend to generate far more attention than the ways in which knowledge is produced and acquired. Correcting this imbalance, "Making Knowledge in Early Modern Europe" brings together a wide-ranging yet tightly integrated series of essays that …
Ways of Making and Knowing – The Material Culture of Empirical Knowledge
Av Pamela H. Smith, Amy R.w. Meyers m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
352 kr
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Although craftspeople and artists often work with natural materials, the notion that making art can constitute a means of knowing nature is a novel one. This book, with contributions from historians of science, medicine, art, and material culture, shows that the histories of science and art are not …
