Title The Italian Renaissance of machines Paolo Galluzzi ; translated by Jonathan Mandelbaum

Published Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 276 pages) illustrations (some color) Series The Bernard Berenson lectures on the Italian Renaissance Bernard Berenson lectures on the Italian Renaissance. Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Sienese Machines -- 2. Leonardo versus the "Ancient Philosophers" -- 3. Immaterial Machines -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject Mechanical engineering -- Italy -- History -- 15th century Mechanical engineering -- Italy -- History -- 16th century Engineering and the humanities -- Italy -- History -- 15th century Engineering and the humanities -- Italy -- History -- 16th century Art and technology -- Italy -- History -- 15th century Art and technology -- Italy -- History -- 16th century Renaissance -- Italy HISTORY / Europe / Italy Renaissance Mechanical engineering Engineering and the humanities Art and technology Italy Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Mandelbaum, Jonathan, translator. ISBN 9780674242296 0674242297

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