Renaissance invention : Stradanus's Nova Reperta / edited by Lia Markey.
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- 2020
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"Renaissance Invention is the first full-length study of the Nova Reperta (New Discoveries), a renowned series of prints designed by Johannes Stradanus during the late 1580s in Florence. High-quality reproductions of the prints, essays, conversations from a scholarly symposium, and catalogue entries tell the story of the design, conception, and reception of Stradanus's engravings. The book explains why certain inventions or novelties were represented in the series and how that presentation reflected and fostered their adoption in the sixteenth century. What can the Nova Reperta tell us about invention and cross-cultural encounters in the Renaissance? What was considered "new" in the era? Who created change and technological innovation: In emphasizing the importance of collaboration, the prints dispel traditional notions of individual genius. The series also dismisses the assumption that the Italian rediscovery of the ancient world was the catalyst for transformation. Instead, word and image foreground the global nature of invention in the early modern period even as they promote specifically Florentine interests and activities." -- Provided by publisher.
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- 9780810142022
- 0810142023