Title Artful science : enlightenment, entertainment, and the eclipse of visual education / Barbara Maria Stafford

Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1994] ©1994

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Description xxix, 350 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm Contents The mind's release -- The visible invisible --Laboratory games -- Exhibitionism -- Conclusion. The transit of information Analysis Science Related to Visual arts Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references pages (312-342) and index Subject Art and science -- History -- 18th century. Art and science. Art, Modern -- 17th century. Art, Modern -- 18th century. Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge. Mathematical recreations -- History -- 18th century. Optical illusions -- History -- 18th century. Science -- Study and teaching -- History -- 18th century. Scientific literature -- History -- 18th century. Scientific recreations -- History -- 18th century. Visual perception. Medicine in the Arts. History, 18th Century. Optical Illusions. Science -- history. LC no. 93020984 ISBN 0262193426 0262691817 9780262193429 9780262691819

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