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Author Snyder, Laura J.

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

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2015.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1625407~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  701.0509492 SNY    AVAILABLE
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Description xiv, 432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Summary Taking readers to 17th-century Holland, where artists and scientists gathered, an extraordinary story reveals how two geniuses --a self-taught natural philosopher and an artist -- transformed the way we see the world by coming to the realization that there is more than meets the eye.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675 -- Knowledge -- Science.
Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723.
Art and science -- Netherlands -- Delft -- History -- 17th century.
ISBN 9780393077469 (hardcover)
0393077462 (hardcover)
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