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The body of the artisan : art and experience in the scientific revolution /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Pamela H., 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Art and science > History > 16th century.
Art and science > History > 17th century.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Flanders
  • The artisanal world
  • South German cities
  • Artisanal epistemology
  • The body of the artisan
  • Artisanship, alchemy, and a vernacular science of matter
  • The Dutch republic
  • Legacy of Paracelsus: practitioners and new philosophers
  • Institutionalization of the new philosophy
  • Conclusion: toward a history of vernacular science.