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Janello Torriani and the Spanish empire : a Vitruvian artisan at the dawn of the Scientific Revolution /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Nuncius series ;
v. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Part 1; A Centre of Education for the Vitruvian Artisan at the Periphery of the Empire; Introduction; Oblivion and Rediscovery; The Vitruvian artisan between Renaissance and Scientific Revolution; Chapter 1; Janello Torriani's First Education; Cremona, the Italian Wars and the Desire for a Better Life; Fashioning the Aura of the Genius; Family, Social Status, Education; Humanist Pedagogy in Cremona; Chapter 2; The Theoretical Clock; The Science of the Stars; Renaissance Scientific Instruments.
- A Physician as a Mentor: Giorgio Fondulo (Cremona 1473-1545)Chapter 3; The Practical Clock; The Guild; Janello Torriani the Blacksmith; Between Public Clock and Private Workshop; Part 2; The Emperor's Clockmaker (1540-1558); Chapter 4; The Artisan Courtier; The Grand Tour in Reverse; A Broth of Clocks for the Emperor; Climbing The Social Ladder; Chapter 5; Networks and Technology in Habsburg Europe; From Commoner to Courtier; The Artisan's Apotheosis; The Mantuan Ambassadors and their Brokerage of Janello's Inventions; Janello Entrepreneur; Chapter 6; The Microcosm.
- The First Machine-Tool to Cut GearsAnatomy of the Microcosm; Part 3; Hydraulic Metamorphosis of a Clockmaker at the Court of the Never-Setting Sun ; Chapter 7; Mechanics: from Micro to Macro; Automata, Watches And Great Machines; Models and the Problems of Scale; From Clockmaking to Hydraulic Engineering; Chapter 8; Janello in Spain as a Royal Hydraulic Engineer (1563-1585); Hydraulic Engineering in the Habsburg Empire; Toledo: a Paradigmatic Stage for Renaissance Water-Technology; Chapter 9; The First Global Empire Produced the First Giant Water-Machine.
- Qui Bono? Janello caught between the Devil and the Deep Blue SeaInvention and the Practice of Secrecy; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.