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 Taccoläs and da Vinci¿s fusion of artistry and engineering and new concepts of learning that enabled Galileo¿s revolutionary mathematical science of mechanics.

About the author

Paolo Galluzzi is Director of the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy. He is the author of more than 250 publications on the history of science, including works on Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo, and the scientific revolutions of the Italian Renaissance. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, and has taught at the University of Siena and the University of Florence.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Paolo Galluzzi, Galluzzi Paolo
• Assisted by: Jonathan Mandelbaum (Translation), Mandelbaum Jonathan (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780674984394
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98439-4
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: The Bernard Berenson Lectures on the Italian Renaissance Delivered at Villa I Tatti; Bernard Berenson Lectures on t
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); European History, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Europe / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical, ART / History / General, History of Art, History of Science, Renaissance art, Renaissance style, Mechanical Engineering