A Note to the Curious: On Reading This Book
Entombed Enchantment: Historiography and the Heterogeneous
Visions of Modernity: An Introduction
Visions of Wonderment: Overcoming the Logic of the Treasure Hoard
Of Lux and Lumen: Reflections on the Sacred
The Rainbow Madonna: The Transparency of Scientific Knowledge
The “Enlightenment” of Curiosity: Dispelling the Enchantment of Collection
The Fox, the Fake, and the Firmament
The Renewal of Worlds: The “Knowing” Prince and the Cult of the Machine
Postscript: From Collection to Exhibition
Scientific Prestidigitations: The “Collection” and Repatriation of Yagan
The Three Tasks of Andreas Vesalius: A “Biography” of Anatomy
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaas Tulp
Representing Open Bodies: The Birth of a Scientific Gaze
Normative Science and the “Evasiveness” of Anatomical Illustration
Carnivalesque Anatomy: The Narrative of the Criminal-God
Beyond Iconography: Toward a Reclamation of the Sacred
Conclusion: Dissecting Statues / Invigorating Knowledge
Postscript: Fragments of Yagan
Visions of Modernity: Perspectives on the Sacred
Painting the “World Picture”: Toward a Genealogy of Cartography
Moral Geographies / Earthly Technologies: The Magic of Geometric Perspective
Cartographic Desire: Mapping and the Erasure of Space
Mapping and the Colonization of Space
Modernity in Ascension: The World Picture Mourning the Celestial
Postscript: The Maze of Linear Discourse
Scientific “Visions” of the Living Body