Curious visions of modernity : enchantment, magic, and the sacred / David L. Martin.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-248) and index.

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Haunted by a secret knowledge and a repressed enchantment, Western rationality is not what it seems.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Collection -- Unpacking the Collection -- Visions of Wonderment: Overcoming the Logic of the Treasure Hoard -- Of Lux and Lumen: Reflections on the Sacred -- Rainbow Madonna: The Transparency of Scientific Knowledge -- "Enlightenment" of Curiosity: Dispelling the Enchantment of Collection -- Fox, the Fake, and the Firmament -- Renewal of Worlds: The "Knowing" Prince and the Cult of the Machine -- Postscript: From Collection to Exhibition -- 2. Bodies -- Scientific Prestidigitations: The "Collection" and Repatriation of Yagan -- Three Tasks of Andreas Vesalius: A "Biography" of Anatomy -- Life of Infamous Men -- Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaas Tulp -- Representing Open Bodies: The Birth of a Scientific Gaze -- Normative Science and the "Evasiveness" of Anatomical Illustration -- Carnivalesque Anatomy: The Narrative of the Criminal-God -- Beyond Iconography: Toward a Reclamation of the Sacred -- Conclusion: Dissecting Statues / Invigorating Knowledge -- Postscript: Fragments of Yagan -- 3. Spaces -- Visions of Modernity: Perspectives on the Sacred -- Painting the "World Picture": Toward a Genealogy of Cartography -- Moral Geographies / Earthly Technologies: The Magic of Geometric Perspective -- Cartographic Desire: Mapping and the Erasure of Space -- Mapping and the Colonization of Space -- Modernity in Ascension: The World Picture Mourning the Celestial -- Postscript: The Maze of Linear Discourse -- CONCLUSION -- Scientific "Visions" of the Living Body -- Monuments and Masks: Visions of a Modern Sacred -- Conclusion.

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