Book ID: CBB000741497

The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe (2006)

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Ogilvie, Brian W. (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: xvi + 385 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On the shift from the 15th to the 17th century in modes of observation and illustration of nature, ultimately resulting in a focus on taxonomy and classification.


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Review Maclean, Ian (2007) Review of "The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe". American Historical Review (p. 571). unapi

Review Barnard, Peter (2007) Review of "The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe". Archives of Natural History. unapi

Review Bleichmar, Daniela (2007) Review of "The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe". Journal of the History of Biology (p. 190). unapi

Review Lazure, Guy (2007) Review of "The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe". Canadian Journal of History (p. 499). unapi

Review Crowther, Kathleen (2008) Review of "The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 828). unapi

Essay Review Long, Pamela O. (2008) Plants and Animals in History: The Study of Nature in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (pp. 313-323). unapi

Essay Review Eddy, M. D. (2008) The Dark Side of Collecting---Early Modern Chemistry, Humanism and Classification. Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (pp. 283-292). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Simonini, G.
Lawrence P. Reynolds
Anna Escardó
Giuseppe Papagno
Bass, Marisa Anne
Rickman, Melissa L.
Concepts
Scientific illustration
Botany
Natural history
Science and art
Visual representation; visual communication
Botanical gardens
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
18th century
15th century
19th century
Renaissance
Places
Italy
Georgia (U.S.)
London (England)
Colombia
South America
Netherlands
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