Eye of the Beholder

Zusatztext Engaging... a spirited account of these developments and of their conceptual as well as their practical implications. She is adept at picturing the culture in which her protagonists grew up. She has a relish for detail' Informationen zum Autor Fulbright scholar Laura J. Snyder is the author of The Philosophical Breakfast Club, a Scientific American Notable Book, winner of the 2011 Royal Institution of Australia poll for Favorite Science Book, and an official selection of the TED Book Club. She is also the author of Reforming Philosophy. Snyder writes about science and ideas for the Wall Street Journal. She is a professor at St. John’s University and lives in New York City. Klappentext Johannes Vermeer! Antoni van Leeuwenhoek and the reinvention of seeing. The remarkable story of how a painter and a scientist in 17th century Holland transformed the way we see the world. Vorwort The remarkable story of how a painter and a scientist in 17th-century Holland transformed the way we see the world. Zusammenfassung The remarkable story of how a painter and a scientist in 17th-century Holland transformed the way we see the world.

Product details

• Authors: Snyder Laura J., Laura J. Snyder, Laura J Snyder
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.12.2016
• Subject: Non-fiction book; Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history
• EAN: 9781784970253
• ISBN: 978-1-78497-025-3
• Pages: 448
• Dimensions (packing): 14.5 x 20 x 3.5 cm
• Subjects: ART / Subjects & Themes / General, Collected biographies, ART / History / General, Microscopy, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, ART / European, SCIENCE / Microscopes & Microscopy, Biography: arts & entertainment, Netherlands, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Biography: arts and entertainment, Non Fiction, Biography: science, technology and medicine, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, Small-scale, secular & domestic scenes in art, Small-scale, secular and domestic scenes in art