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
- Two Don’t Forget Your Apian
- Three Facial Profiling
- Part II Collecting and Cognitive Challenges
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Two - Don’t Forget Your Apian
A DIY Guide to the Cosmos
from Part I - Coaching the Eyewitness
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
- Two Don’t Forget Your Apian
- Three Facial Profiling
- Part II Collecting and Cognitive Challenges
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
In the form of diagrams, proofs, and moving dials called volvelles that trained the eye, Peter Apian’s Cosmographicus Liber (1524) was the first cosmographic text to cultivate the observational skills of its readership. In related projects called Practica, Apian translated this content into DIY skills for an audience of weather watchers, farmers, and astrologers, encouraging observation in the field.
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- Early Modern Print Media and the Art of ObservationTraining the Literate Eye, pp. 35 - 105Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024