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The Art of Philosophy - Visual Thinking in Europe from the Late Renaissance to the Early Enlightenment (Hardcover)
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The Art of Philosophy - Visual Thinking in Europe from the Late Renaissance to the Early Enlightenment (Hardcover)
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The first book to explore the role of images in philosophical
thought and teaching in the early modern period Delving into the
intersections between artistic images and philosophical knowledge
in Europe from the late sixteenth to the early eighteenth
centuries, The Art of Philosophy shows that the making and study of
visual art functioned as important methods of philosophical
thinking and instruction. From frontispieces of books to monumental
prints created by philosophers in collaboration with renowned
artists, Susanna Berger examines visual representations of
philosophy and overturns prevailing assumptions about the limited
function of the visual in European intellectual history. Rather
than merely illustrating already existing philosophical concepts,
visual images generated new knowledge for both Aristotelian
thinkers and anti-Aristotelians, such as Descartes and Hobbes.
Printmaking and drawing played a decisive role in discoveries that
led to a move away from the authority of Aristotle in the
seventeenth century. Berger interprets visual art from printed
books, student lecture notebooks, alba amicorum (friendship
albums), broadsides, and paintings, and examines the work of such
artists as Pietro Testa, Leonard Gaultier, Abraham Bosse, Durer,
and Rembrandt. In particular, she focuses on the rise and decline
of the "plural image," a genre that was popular among early modern
philosophers. Plural images brought multiple images together on the
same page, often in order to visualize systems of logic,
metaphysics, natural philosophy, or moral philosophy. Featuring
previously unpublished prints and drawings from the early modern
period and lavish gatefolds, The Art of Philosophy reveals the
essential connections between visual commentary and philosophical
thought.
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