The Italian Renaissance of machines /

The Renaissance was a rebirth of art and literature--and of machines. In this lavishly illustrated volume, Paolo Galluzzi guides readers through a singularly inventive period featuring Taccola's and da Vinci's fusion of artistry and engineering and new concepts of learning that enabled Gal...

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Main Author: Galluzzi, Paolo (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Mandelbaum, Jonathan (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Italian
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020
Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press 2020
Series:Bernard Berenson lectures on the Italian Renaissance
Bernard Berenson lectures on the Italian Renaissance
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Summary:The Renaissance was a rebirth of art and literature--and of machines. In this lavishly illustrated volume, Paolo Galluzzi guides readers through a singularly inventive period featuring Taccola's and da Vinci's fusion of artistry and engineering and new concepts of learning that enabled Galileo's revolutionary mathematical science of mechanics
Item Description:Translated from the Italian
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 276 pages) : illustrations (some color
1 online resource (xi, 276 pages) illustrations (some color)
1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0674242297 (electronic bk.)
0674242297
9780674242296 (electronic bk.)
9780674242296