Books by Pamela Smith
“She reveals a very different Dürer and inscribes him in a very different, collaborative tradition of artisans.” Read more...
The best books on Albrecht Dürer
Ulinka Rublack, Art Historians, Critics & Curator
“There is so that much is wonderful about this book but one of the things that is quite astounding is the recovery of alchemy. That’s been a very big trend in the history of science in the last couple of decades, and Smith is at the forefront of that trend here.” Read more...
The best books on The Scientific Revolution
Vera Keller, Historian
Interviews where books by Pamela Smith were recommended
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Wonders and the Order of Nature 1150-1750
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Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
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Leviathan and the Air-Pump
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Probability and Certainty in 17th Century England. A Study of the Relationships between Natural Science, Religion, History, Law and Literature
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The Business of Alchemy: Science and Culture in the Holy Roman Empire
by Pamela Smith
The best books on The Scientific Revolution, recommended by Vera Keller
The best books on The Scientific Revolution, recommended by Vera Keller
The scientific revolution is often seen as having transformed the way we think and ushered in the modern world, but in highlighting the work of a few key individuals, it has distorted the reality of how science advances in society and how it interacts with truth. Here, Vera Keller, Professor of History at the University of Oregon, challenges popularly held assumptions about the scientific revolution and explains how its meaning, significance and importance have been disputed and misunderstood.
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Albrecht Dürer
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Dürer
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The Moment of Self-Portraiture in German Renaissance Art
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The Body of the Artisan: Art and Experience in the Scientific Revolution
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Perfection’s Therapy: An Essay on Albrecht Dürer’s Melencolia I
by Mitchell B. Merback
The best books on Albrecht Dürer, recommended by Ulinka Rublack
The best books on Albrecht Dürer, recommended by Ulinka Rublack
Albrecht Dürer was the archetype of the Renaissance man, but also the prototypical artist-merchant, and very much a man of the world, says historian Ulinka Rublack. Dürer’s self-portraits, particularly the Christ-like image from 1500, have branded him as art history’s ultimate narcissist, but this is a view that does justice to neither his work nor to the complex and conflicted creative individual that he was, she says. She recommends books on Dürer’s Renaissance that reveal a much more nuanced artist and a richer sense of the times in which he lived and created.