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The Body of the Artisan: Art and Experience in the Scientific Revolution
The Body of the Artisan Art and Experience in the Scientific Revolution
Author: Pamela H. Smith
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 as their ability to manipulate them. Drawin...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226764238
ISBN-10: 0226764230
Publication Date: 10/15/2006
Pages: 408
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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