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Lens, laboratory, landscape : observing modern Spain / Claudia Schaefer

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2014

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IntroductionThe creation of a new scientific persona : Santiago Ramón y Cajal and the rise of popular photography in Spain -- The curtain rises on the magic theater of life : Cajal, master of light and color -- Matter, time, and landscape : ways of seeing in Cajal, Ortega, and Benjamin -- Science as a two-way street : contradictory traces of modernity in Dalí and Terán -- Conclusion : a last look at observation.

Includes bibliographical references and index

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LOC-SH: Art and society -- Spain -- History -- 20th century ; Science -- Social aspects -- Spain -- History -- 19th century ; Science -- Social aspects -- Spain -- History -- 20th century ; Visual perception ; Observation (Scientific method) ; Spain -- Intellectual life -- History -- 19th century ; Spain -- Intellectual life -- History -- 20th century ; Art and society -- Spain -- History -- 19th century ; Material culture -- Spain -- History -- 19th century ; Ramón y Cajal, Santiago -- 1852-1934 ; Material culture -- Spain -- History -- 20th century ; Material culture -- Spain -- History -- 19th century ; Material culture -- Spain -- History -- 20th century ; Spain -- Intellectual life -- History -- 19th century ; Spain -- Intellectual life -- History -- 20th century

Material culture ; Spain ; History ; 19th century ; Material culture ; Spain ; History ; 20th century ; Spain ; Intellectual life ; History ; 19th century ; Spain ; Intellectual life ; History ; 20th century ; Electronic books

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Creation of a New Scientific Persona: Santiago Ramón y Cajal and the Rise of Popular Photography in Spain -- Chapter Two: The Curtain Rises on the Magic Theater of Life: Cajal, Master of Light and Color -- Chapter Three: Matter, Time, and Landscape: Ways of Seeing in Cajal, Ortega, and Benjamin -- Chapter Four: Science as a Two-Way Street: Contradictory Traces of Modernity in Dalí and Terán -- Conclusion: A Last Look at Observation -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.