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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sachiko KusukawaPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 1.270kg ISBN: 9780226465296ISBN 10: 0226465292 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 21 May 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsReviewsToday we take for granted the usefulness of images in making a scientific argument, but in the sixteenth century many scholars had good reasons for criticizing the use of images in books. In this deeply intelligent and eloquently written (and illustrated) book, Sachiko Kusukawa tells us exactly how sixteenth-century authors struggled--with publishers, artists, classical authorities, and their fellow humanists--to make images a part of their books and a central component of their scientific arguments. Kusukawa overturns many assumptions about the relationship of images and books, making clear that images always worked in tandem with the texts because for these scholars, nature was understood through books. In doing so, she provides essential new insight into humanist scholarship and the interplay among texts, images, the things of nature, eyewitness observation, and the testimony of authorities in the sixteenth century. Picturing the Book of Nature presents an illuminating new view o Author InformationSachiko Kusukawa is a fellow in the history and philosophy of science at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. She is the author of The Transformation of Natural Philosophy: The Case of Philip Melanchthon. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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