Smith, Pamela H., 1957-

The body of the artisan : art and experience in the scientific revolution / Pamela H. Smith. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004. - x, 367 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-346) and index.

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 -- The Legacy of Paracelsus: practitioners and new philosophers -- The Institutionalization of the new philosophy -- Conclusion: toward a history of vernacular science.

0226763994 (cloth : alk. paper)

2003012364


Art and science--History--16th century.
Art and science--History--17th century.

N72.S3 / S65 2004

509/.4/0903

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