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Janello Torriani and the Spanish empire : a Vitruvian artisan at the dawn of the Scientific Revolution /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zanetti, Cristiano, 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
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.