Art of memory, the
Auteur :
Yates, Frances A.
Éditeur :
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
9780226950013
Date de publication :
1 avr. 2001
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
509 g
Format :
book
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In this study of how people learned to retain vast stores of knowledge before the invention of the printed page, Frances A. Yates traces the art of memory from Greek orators, through the Middle Ages, to the occult forms it took in the Renaissance, and finally to its use in the 17th century.