The Body of the Artisan
Art and Experience in the Scientific Revolution

- Contents
- Review Quotes

Introduction
Part I: Flanders
Chapter 1: The Artisanal World
Part II: South German Cities
Chapter 2: Artisanal Epistemology
Chapter 3: The Body of the Artisan
Chapter 4: Artisanship, Alchemy, and a Vernacular Science of Matter
Part III: The Dutch Republic
Chapter 5: The Legacy of Paracelsus: Practitioners and New Philosophers
Chapter 6: The Institutionalization of the New Philosophy
Conclusion: Toward a History of Vernacular Science
Notes
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
Index
"Smith’s engaging study deals with neglected bodies, both those of artisans of the early modern period and that more durable corpus of the writings, paintings, and sculptures they have left to us. . . . A beautifully presented work of considerable relevance to historians of art, science, and literature."
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