Book contents
- Early Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation
- Early Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- One Introduction
- Part I Coaching the Eyewitness
- Part II Collecting and Cognitive Challenges
- Four Visualized Data and Searchable Science
- Five Vexed Viewing
- Six Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Five - Vexed Viewing
Anamorphosis and the Visual Argumentation of Labored Looking
from Part II - Collecting and Cognitive Challenges
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2024
- Early Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation
- Early Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- One Introduction
- Part I Coaching the Eyewitness
- Part II Collecting and Cognitive Challenges
- Four Visualized Data and Searchable Science
- Five Vexed Viewing
- Six Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
Anamorphic, or distorted, images problematized the idea that viewing was a neutral act. Anamorphic images in print frequently took portraiture and topographic renderings as their subject matter, the same content around which visual acuity was being developed in printed books.
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- Early Modern Print Media and the Art of ObservationTraining the Literate Eye, pp. 259 - 301Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024