{"product_id":"early-modern-print-media-and-the-art-of-observation-training-the-literate-eye-hardback-9781009444521","title":"Early Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation; Training the Literate Eye (Hardback) 9781009444521","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEarly Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTraining the Literate Eye\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIllustrations in the now little-known genres of cosmographies and physiognomies coached early modern readers to make visual decisions.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephanie A. Leitch (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009444521, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 April 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages\u003cbr\u003e26.1 x 18.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.93 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEarly 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 Dürer 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: learning to look with books for the literate eye\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Coaching the Eyewitness: 2. Don't forget your Apian: a DIY guide to the cosmos\u003cbr\u003e 3. Facial profiling: physiognomy and the art of inspection\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Collecting and Cognitive Challenges: 4. Visualized data and searchable science: The Liber Quodlibetarius (c. 1524)\u003cbr\u003e 5. Vexed viewing: anamorphosis and the visual argumentation of labored looking\u003cbr\u003e 6. Conclusion: Observational thinking\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: The arts: general issues [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on The arts: general issues\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22The%20arts:%20general%20issues%20%5BAB%5D%22\"\u003eAB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501363654936,"sku":"9781009444521","price":88.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009444521i.jpg?v=1786233839","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/early-modern-print-media-and-the-art-of-observation-training-the-literate-eye-hardback-9781009444521","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}