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Condizione: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condizione: VeryGood. A copy that may have been read, very minimal wear and tear. May have a remainder mark.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New. In English.

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Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 350 pages. 10.28x7.17x0.91 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Early modern printmakers trained observers to scan the heavens above as well as faces in their midst. Peter Apian printed theCosmographicus Liber(1524) to teach lay astronomers their place in the cosmos, while also printing practical manuals that translated principles of spherical astronomy into useful data for weather watchers, farmers, and astrologers. Physiognomy, a genre related to cosmography, taught observers how to scrutinize profiles in order to sum up peoples' characters. Neither Albrecht Dürer nor Leonardo escaped the tenacious grasp of such widely circulating manuals calledpractica.Few have heard of these genres today, but the kinship of their pictorial programs suggests that printers shaped these texts for readers who privileged knowledge retrieval. Cultivated by images to become visual learners, these readers were then taught to hone their skills as observers. This book unpacks these and other visual strategies that aimed to develop both the literate eye of the reader and the sovereignty of images in the early modern world.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Early modern printmakers trained observers to scan the heavens above as well as faces in their midst. Peter Apian printed the Cosmographicus Liber (1524) to teach lay astronomers their place in the cosmos, while also printing practical manuals that translated principles of spherical astronomy into useful data for weather watchers, farmers, and astrologers. Physiognomy, a genre related to cosmography, taught observers how to scrutinize profiles in order to sum up peoples' characters. Neither Albrecht Duerer nor Leonardo escaped the tenacious grasp of such widely circulating manuals called practica. Few have heard of these genres today, but the kinship of their pictorial programs suggests that printers shaped these texts for readers who privileged knowledge retrieval. Cultivated by images to become visual learners, these readers were then taught to hone their skills as observers. This book unpacks these and other visual strategies that aimed to develop both the literate eye of the reader and the sovereignty of images in the early modern world. Illustrations in the now little-known genres of cosmographies and physiognomies coached early modern readers to make visual decisions. This book unpacks the visual strategies that aimed to develop both the literate eye of the reader and the sovereignty of images in the early modern world. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Condizione: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Early Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation | Stephanie A. Leitch | Buch | Englisch | 2025 | Cambridge University Press | EAN 9781009444521 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…