Bibliograph

The English virtuoso, art, medicine, and antiquarianism in the age of Empiricism, Craig Ashley Hanson

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The English virtuoso, art, medicine, and antiquarianism in the age of Empiricism, Craig Ashley Hanson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The English virtuoso

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

428853922

Responsibility statement

Craig Ashley Hanson

Sub title

art, medicine, and antiquarianism in the age of Empiricism

Table Of Contents

1. Art as "a Grace to Health": Physic and Connoisseurship at the Early Stuart Court -- 2. From the "Applying of Colors" to "the Politer Parts of Learning": Art and the Virtuosi after the Restoration -- 3. "The Extream Delight" Taken "in Pictures": Physicians, Quackery, and Art Writing -- 4. "Assuming Empirick" and "Arrant Quack": Antiquarianism and the Empirical Legacy of Don Quixote -- 5. "Inspiring Reciprocal Emulation and Esteem": Dr. Richard Mead and Early Georgian Virtuosity

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