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Some Renaissance, Baroque, and contemporary cultural elaborations of the art of memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2013

David L. Bimler
David L. Bimler*
Affiliation:
Massey University, School of Arts, Development and Health Education, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand. d.bimler@massey.ac.nz
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Abstract

The target article addresses historical and present-day mnemotechnics as a practice. It also deserves scrutiny as culture writ small. For would-be Hermetic adepts of the Renaissance and Baroque, the ancient art of memory (AAOM) provided both an iconography and a projective-test vision of possibilities. In contemporary fiction, Memory Palaces become a metaphor for the workings of mind, of culture, and of information technology.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 6 , December 2013 , pp. 608 - 609
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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