The Art of Memory

By - Yates, Frances A. (Frances Amelia)

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Bodley Head, London, 2014

ISBN 10 - 1847922929

ISBN 13 - 9781847922922

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Mnemonics

Shelf No - 10

Call Number - 153.1409 YAT

Physical Description - 439 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimilies ; 24 cm

Book Information

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.

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