Knowledge and discernment in the early modern arts / edited by Sven Dupré and Christine Göttler.
Knowledge and discernment in the early modern arts / edited by Sven Dupré and Christine Göttler.
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Publisher
London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
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G 2018/1744
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 325 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
In early modern Europe, discernment emerged as a key notion at the intersection of various domains in both learned and artisanal cultures. Often used synonymously with judgment, ingenuity, and taste, discernment defined the ability to perceive and understand the secrets of nature and art, and became explicitly connected with a kind of knowledge ava...
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Knowledge and discernment in the early modern arts / edited by Sven Dupré and Christine Göttler.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
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Visual Culture in Early Modernity
"The idea for this book emerged from the conference 'Artificii Occulti: Knowledge and Discernment in the Artistic and Scientific Cultures of the Netherlands and Spanish Habsburg Worlds' jointly organised by the two editors in May 2011 at the University of Bern."--page xvi.
"An Ashgate book."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references and index....
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©2017
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G 2018/1744
Record Identifier
74VKVNkWQB4b
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ISBN
1472468392 (hardback)
9781472468390 (hardback)
DDC
700.940903
MMS ID
991024162081402626