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Author:

Snyder, Laura J.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xiv, 432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Vermeer, Johannes,--1632-1675--Science.--Science.
Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van,--1632-1723.
Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van,--1632-1723.
Vermeer, Johannes,--1632-1675.
1600 - 1699
Art and science--Delft--Delft--History--17th century.
Art and science.
Science.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-405) and index.

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!.

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.

ISBN:

0393077462 (hardcover)
9780393077469 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2014038143

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)