Prints and the pursuit of knowledge in early modern Europe /
Prints and the pursuit of knowledge in early modern Europe /
edited by Susan Dackerman ; with essays by Susan Dackerman ... [et al.].
- Cambridge, Mass. : New Haven [Conn.] : Harvard Art Museums ; Distributed by Yale University Press, c2011.
- 442 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 32 cm.
Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Harvard Art Museums, Sept. 6-Dec. 10, 2011, and the Block Museum of Art, Jan. 17-Apr. 8, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Printmaking and knowledge -- Constellations and configurations -- Observing nature -- Observation / The rhinoceros -- Dürer's indexical fantasy: the rhinoceros and printmaking / Theater of nature -- Illustrated natural history / Measurement -- Printed instruments -- Georg Hartmann and the development of printed instruments in Nuremberg / Mapping -- Allegory -- Allegories of knowledge / Lorraine Daston -- Susan Dackerman -- Claudia Swan -- Suzanne Karr Schmidt -- Katharine Park.
0300171072 (Yale University Press (distributor) : alk. paper) 1891771582 (Harvard Art Museums : alk. paper) 9780300171075 (Yale University Press (distributor) : alk. paper) 9781891771583 (Harvard Art Museums : alk. paper)
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015830079 Uk
Art and science--Exhibitions.
Knowledge, Sociology of--Exhibitions.
Prints, European--16th century--Exhibitions.
Prints, Renaissance--Exhibitions.
Europe--Intellectual life--16th century--Exhibitions.
Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Harvard Art Museums, Sept. 6-Dec. 10, 2011, and the Block Museum of Art, Jan. 17-Apr. 8, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Printmaking and knowledge -- Constellations and configurations -- Observing nature -- Observation / The rhinoceros -- Dürer's indexical fantasy: the rhinoceros and printmaking / Theater of nature -- Illustrated natural history / Measurement -- Printed instruments -- Georg Hartmann and the development of printed instruments in Nuremberg / Mapping -- Allegory -- Allegories of knowledge / Lorraine Daston -- Susan Dackerman -- Claudia Swan -- Suzanne Karr Schmidt -- Katharine Park.
0300171072 (Yale University Press (distributor) : alk. paper) 1891771582 (Harvard Art Museums : alk. paper) 9780300171075 (Yale University Press (distributor) : alk. paper) 9781891771583 (Harvard Art Museums : alk. paper)
2011017918
015830079 Uk
Art and science--Exhibitions.
Knowledge, Sociology of--Exhibitions.
Prints, European--16th century--Exhibitions.
Prints, Renaissance--Exhibitions.
Europe--Intellectual life--16th century--Exhibitions.