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| Author | Frances A. Yates |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Routledge and Kegan Paul |
Publication date | 1966 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (book) |
| Pages | 400 |
| ISBN | 978-0-226-95001-3 |
| OCLC | 42905743 |
| Preceded by | Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition |
The Art of Memory is a 1966 non-fiction book by British historian Frances A. Yates. The book follows the history of mnemonic systems from the classical period of Simonides of Ceos in Ancient Greece to the Renaissance era of Giordano Bruno, ending with Gottfried Leibniz and the early emergence of the scientific method in the 17th century.
According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, its publication was "an important stimulus to the flowering of experimental research on imagery and memory."[1]
Modern Library included The Art of Memory on its list of 100 best nonfiction books.[2]
- ^ Thomas, Nigel J. T. (7 December 2018). "Mental Imagery: Mnemonic effects of imagery". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2018 Edition). Retrieved 15 February 2019.
According to Bugelski (1977, 1984), an important stimulus to the flowering of experimental research on imagery and memory[23] was the 1966 publication of Frances Yates' celebrated and widely read historical study, The Art of Memory.
- ^ "The Modern Library's Top 100 Nonfiction Books of the Century". archive.nytimes.com.