Eye of the beholder : Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the reinvention of seeing / Laura J. Snyder

This history examines the intersection of art and science in seventeenth-century Delft, focusing on how early optical instruments transformed human perception. It details how the use of the microscope and camera obscura redefined understandings of light, colour, and nature.

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Art/Arts Science History Lenses/Optical instruments/Physical instruments/Scientific apparatus and instruments/Research -- Equipment and supplies Mirrors/Optical instruments/Physical instruments/Scientific apparatus and instruments/Research -- Equipment and supplies Camera obscuras/Optical instruments/Physical instruments/Scientific apparatus and instruments/Research -- Equipment and supplies Vision/Senses and sensation/Neurophysiology/Neurobiology/Neurosciences/Medical sciences/Life sciences/Science Knowledge, Theory of/Philosophy