History of Knowledge

Remaking Sixteenth-Century Botanical Woodblocks: Embodied Artisanal Knowledge in Early Modern Woodcutting

Jiayi Chen · Week 4, Wednesday 7 October

In S.A. Bendall & S. Dyer (eds.), Embodied Experiences of Making in Early Modern Europe (Amsterdam University Press), pp. 163–184

Choose 2 of the 4 readings for this session; the others are optional. In class: draw a plant and keep the drawing for Friday’s workshop.

The practice of copying in making knowledge in Early Modern Europe: an introduction

Sietske Fransen & Katherine M. Reinhart · Week 4, Wednesday 7 October

Word & Image 35, pp. 211–222

Choose 2 of the 4 readings for this session; the others are optional.

Picturing the Book of Nature: Image, Text, and Argument in Sixteenth-Century Human Anatomy and Medical Botany

Sachiko Kusukawa · Week 4, Wednesday 7 October

University of Chicago Press, pp. 101–123

Choose 2 of the 4 readings for this session; the others are optional.

Ad vivum, naer het leven, From the Life: Defining a Mode of Representation

Claudia Swan · Week 4, Wednesday 7 October

Word & Image 11, pp. 353–372

Choose 2 of the 4 readings for this session; the others are optional.