The Gentleman, the Virtuoso, the Inquirer - Cambridge Scholars ...
The Gentleman, the Virtuoso, the Inquirer - Cambridge Scholars ...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
Introduction ............................................................................................... vii<br />
Lastanosa, Art and Science in Baroque. A Historiographical Experiment<br />
Mar Rey-Bueno & Miguel López-Pérez<br />
Chapter One................................................................................................. 1<br />
Lastanosa as an Example of His Time: Natural History and Medicine<br />
Harold J. Cook<br />
Chapter Two .............................................................................................. 15<br />
<strong>The</strong> Seventeenth-Century Spanish Scientific Culture: Spain, America,<br />
and <strong>the</strong> study of Nature<br />
Antonio Barrera<br />
Chapter Three ............................................................................................ 30<br />
From Historia naturalis to Historia au naturale: Lastanosa<br />
and <strong>the</strong> Naked Truth<br />
John Slater<br />
Chapter Four.............................................................................................. 47<br />
Typological Readings of Nature: <strong>The</strong> Book of Nature in Lastanosa’s Age<br />
Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra<br />
Chapter Five .............................................................................................. 64<br />
Looking at Exotica in Baroque Collections: <strong>The</strong> Object, <strong>the</strong> Viewer,<br />
and <strong>the</strong> Collection as a Space<br />
Daniela Bleichmar<br />
Chapter Six................................................................................................ 82<br />
Friends, <strong>Scholars</strong>, Collectors: <strong>The</strong> Circle of Lastanosa<br />
Miguel López-Pérez<br />
Chapter Seven.......................................................................................... 101<br />
<strong>The</strong> Seventh Desk: Ma<strong>the</strong>matical Instruments, Philosophical Artifacts<br />
and <strong>the</strong> Secrets of Nature<br />
María M. Portuondo