DAVID FREEDBERG The Eye of the Lynx: Galileo, His Friends, and the Beginnings of Modern Natural History.(Book Review)

From: The Art Bulletin  |  Date: 3/1/2004  |  Author: Reeves, Eileen

   Once some fathers came to see [Galileo], 
   and he was working in his garden and 
   observing how the buds came out. He said, 
   "I am ashamed that you see me in this 
   clown's habit; I'll go in and dress myself as 
   a philosopher." 
      "Why don't you have this work done by 
   ...

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