Bibliograph

Eye of the beholder, Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the reinvention of seeing, Laura J. Snyder

Type

Label

Eye of the beholder, Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the reinvention of seeing, Laura J. Snyder

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-405) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Eye of the beholder

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

892514232

Responsibility statement

Laura J. Snyder

Sub title

Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the reinvention of seeing

Summary

Taking readers to 17th-century Holland, where artists and scientists gathered, an extraordinary story reveals how two geniuses --a self-taught natural philosopher and an artist -- transformed the way we see the world by coming to the realization that there is more than meets the eye

Table Of Contents

Prologue: More than meets the eye -- Counterfeiter of nature -- From the lion's corner -- Fire and light -- Learning to see -- Ut pictura, ita visio -- Mathematical artists -- A treaure-house of nature -- Year of catastrophe -- The invisible world -- Generations -- Scientific lion -- New ways of seeing -- Dare to see!

Classification