Renaissance Art & Science @ Florence / / J. David Puett, Susan B. Puett.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Puett, Susan B.,; Puett, J. David,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Early Modern Studies ; 17
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

The creativity of the human mind was brilliantly displayed during the Florentine Renaissance when artists, mathematicians, astronomers, apothecaries, architects, and others embraced the interconnectedness of their disciplines. Artists used mathematical perspective in painting and scientific techniques to create new materials; hospitals used art to invigorate the soul; apothecaries prepared and dispensed, often from the same plants, both medicinals for patients and pigments for painters; utilitarian glassware and maps became objects to be admired for their beauty; art enhanced depictions of scientific observations; and innovations in construction made buildings canvases for artistic grandeur. An exploration of these and other intersections of art and science deepens our appreciation of the magnificent contributions of the extraordinary Florentines.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: The Art in the Science, the Science in the Art -- Chapter 1: The Evolution of Art, Science, and Polity in Renaissance Florence -- Chapter 2: The Science of Art -- Chapter 3: Applying Mathematics to Art and Cartography -- Chapter 4: Renaissance Medicine: Physicians, Hospitals, Apothecaries, and the Artistic Dimension -- Chapter 5: Astronomy and Time Reckoning -- Chapter 6: Art and Technology -- Concluding Remarks: Connections between Science and Art -- Site Links -- Works Cited -- About the Authors