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Copernicus, from Most Famous Discoverers

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Description: Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
~The acquisition of knowledge of the natural world in the early modern period increasingly depended on observation. Previous generations relied on ancient sources’ accounts of astronomy, geography, natural history, and anatomy—some of which were contradicted by experience and examination. A new insistence on direct observation also pervaded artistic...
PublisherHarvard Art Museums
Related print edition pages: pp.125-161
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00097.009

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