Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. Scribes, saints and sinners 7
5. 2. The wide world 19
6. 3. In the Renaissance workshop 30
7. 4. Discoveries 39
8. 5. Shows of emotion 49
9. 6. Close encounters 58
10. 7. Enchanted landscapes 66
11. 8. Virtuoso performances 74
12. 9. Culture and colonisation 87
13. 10. Peculiar ground 96
14. 11. Searching for the self 105
15. 12. Places of the mind 113
16. 13. Marbles and models 122
17. 14. Observation and imagination 130
18. 15. New subjects, new methods 141
19. 16. Mediums of modern life 149
20. 17. Rethinking the body 160
21. 18. Mapping the mind 170
22. 19. The human span 179
23. 20. Bearing witness 189
24. Glossary 199
25. On the bookshelves 216
26. Notes 219
27. List of illustrations 235
28. Index 244