Stone, Harriet Amy, 1953-

Tables of knowledge : Descartes in Vermeer's studio / Harriet Stone.

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.

xxxvi, 168 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

"Descartes believed that his analytic model applied to all fields of research and that all branches of science lead to truth. His many analogies with literature and art notwithstanding, Descartes offers an entry into knowledge that fails nevertheless to take into account how in the seventeenth century Dutch painters such as Vermeer similarly order a view of the world by concentrating on the properties of individual objects. Descartes's celebrated scientific method offers a protocol for conducting experiments; Harriet Stone argues that this method can also serve as a guide for classifying the findings obtained from experiments.
Tables of Knowledge shows that Dutch genre paintings and still lifes enact in visual form a process of recording information similar to that of science, with intriguing results." "Stone investigates such diverse topics as seventeenth-century advances in optics and the attendant explosion of data about the natural world; the proliferation of material goods in prosperous Dutch homes; and the compelling realism of Golden Age paintings."--Jacket.

0801444616 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780801444616 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675 Criticism and interpretation.
Descartes, René, 1596-1650 Influence.
Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675.
Art and philosophy Netherlands History 17th century.
Representation (Philosophy) History 17th century.
Art et philosophie Pays-Bas Histoire 17e siècle.
Représentation (Philosophie) Histoire 17e siècle.
Art and philosophy.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Representation (Philosophy)
Kennistheorie.
Representatie (algemeen)
Filosofie.
Kunst.
Netherlands.
Nederland.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Location: Library main 248250
Call No.: BIB 177795
Status: Available