Yates Frances A
Yates Frances A - The Art Of Memory - Paperback
Yates Frances A - The Art Of Memory - Paperback
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Description: This unique and brilliant book is a history of human knowledge. Before the invention of printing a trained memory was of vital importance. Based on a technique of impressing 'places and 'images on the mind the ancient Greeks created an elaborate memory system which in turn was inherited by the Romans and passed into the European tradition to be revived in occult form during the Renaissance. Frances Yates sheds light on Dante's Divine Comedy the form of the Shakespearian theatre and the history of ancient architecture; The Art of Memory is an invaluable contribution to aesthetics and psychology and to the history of philosophy of science and of literature.
Title: The Art Of Memory
Author(s): Yates Frances A
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Barcode: 9781847922922
Pages: 448 Pages, 1
Publication Date: 10/1/2014
Category: Cognition & Cognitive Psychology
Description: This unique and brilliant book is a history of human knowledge. Before the invention of printing a trained memory was of vital importance. Based on a technique of impressing 'places and 'images on the mind the ancient Greeks created an elaborate memory system which in turn was inherited by the Romans and passed into the European tradition to be revived in occult form during the Renaissance. Frances Yates sheds light on Dante's Divine Comedy the form of the Shakespearian theatre and the history of ancient architecture; The Art of Memory is an invaluable contribution to aesthetics and psychology and to the history of philosophy of science and of literature.
Title: The Art Of Memory
Author(s): Yates Frances A
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Barcode: 9781847922922
Pages: 448 Pages, 1
Publication Date: 10/1/2014
Category: Cognition & Cognitive Psychology
