Jonathan Sawday: 2 books
The Body Emblazoned
Dissection and the Human Body in Renaissance Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
An outstanding piece of scholarship and a fascinating read, The Body Emblazoned is a compelling study of the culture of dissection the English Renaissance, which informed intellectual enquiry in Europe for nearly two hundred years. In this outstanding work, Jonathan Sawday explores the dark, morbid...
Engines of the Imagination
Renaissance Culture and the Rise of the Machine
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2007
At what point did machines and technology begin to have an impact on the cultural consciousness and imagination of Europe? How was this reflected through the art and literature of the time? Was technology a sign of the fall of humanity from its original state of innocence or a sign of human progress...