| Description |
1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Series |
Leonardo Studies |
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Leonardo studies.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Figures -- Introduction. The Paper and the Ink: Matter and Methodology -- Chapter 1. Collection of Words and Images -- 1. Book of My Words -- 2. Book of My Pictures -- 3. From Rebus to Fable -- Chapter 2. Scientific Didactic and Fable Books from Leonardo's Library -- 1. "Pliny," Bestiaries, and Encyclopedic Knowledge -- 2. "Aesop" and Fabular Culture -- 3. Nut Metamorphosis: Nature, Art, and Technology -- Chapter 3. Word-and-Image Mechanisms -- 1. Literature on the artes mechanicae -- 2. Cause and Effect in Technical and Fabular Thought |
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3. Fables as Mechanical Metaphors -- Conclusions -- Appendices -- Appendix 1. Leonardo da Vinci: Fables -- Appendix 2. Recurrent Models in the Fables -- Appendix 3. Codices -- Appendix 4. Books -- Bibliography -- Index of Names |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004527195 |
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9004527192 |
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