Janello Torriani and the Spanish empire : : a Vitruvian artisan at the dawn of the Scientific Revolution / / by Cristiano Zanetti.
Janello Torriani, known in the Spanish-speaking world as Juanelo Turriano (Cremona, Italy circa 1500 – Toledo, Spain 1585), is the greatest among Renaissance inventors and constructors of machines. Contemporary literates and mathematicians celebrated Janello Torriani and his creations in their writi...
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Zanetti, Cristiano, 1975- author. Janello Torriani and the Spanish empire : a Vitruvian artisan at the dawn of the Scientific Revolution / by Cristiano Zanetti. Leiden, [Netherlands] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2017. ©2017 1 online resource (468 pages) : illustrations. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Nuncius Series : Studies and Sources in the Material and Visual History of Science, 2405-5077 ; Volume 2 Janello Torriani, known in the Spanish-speaking world as Juanelo Turriano (Cremona, Italy circa 1500 – Toledo, Spain 1585), is the greatest among Renaissance inventors and constructors of machines. Contemporary literates and mathematicians celebrated Janello Torriani and his creations in their writings. It is striking how such fame turned into nearly complete oblivion, leaving only a few clues of a blurred and distorted memory dispersed here and there. This book wishes to show the central role that artisans formed in the Vitruvian tradition played in demonstrating through practical mathematics an increasing and positive control over Nature, a step rooted in humanist culture and foundational for the understanding of those historical processes known as the Scientific and the Industrial Revolutions. Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Janello Torriani’s First Education -- 2 The Theoretical Clock -- 3 The Practical Clock -- 4 The Artisan Courtier -- 5 Networks and Technology in Habsburg Europe -- 6 The Microcosm -- 7 Mechanics: from Micro to Macro -- 8 Janello in Spain as a Royal Hydraulic Engineer (1563-1585) -- 9 The First Global Empire Produced The First Giant Water-Machine -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Engineers Spain Biography. Turriano, Juanelo, approximately 1511-1583. 90-04-32089-X Nuncius Series 2. |
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Zanetti, Cristiano, 1975- Janello Torriani and the Spanish empire : a Vitruvian artisan at the dawn of the Scientific Revolution / Nuncius Series : Studies and Sources in the Material and Visual History of Science, Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Janello Torriani’s First Education -- 2 The Theoretical Clock -- 3 The Practical Clock -- 4 The Artisan Courtier -- 5 Networks and Technology in Habsburg Europe -- 6 The Microcosm -- 7 Mechanics: from Micro to Macro -- 8 Janello in Spain as a Royal Hydraulic Engineer (1563-1585) -- 9 The First Global Empire Produced The First Giant Water-Machine -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Janello Torriani and the Spanish empire : a Vitruvian artisan at the dawn of the Scientific Revolution / by Cristiano Zanetti. |
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Nuncius Series : Studies and Sources in the Material and Visual History of Science, |
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Janello Torriani’s First Education -- 2 The Theoretical Clock -- 3 The Practical Clock -- 4 The Artisan Courtier -- 5 Networks and Technology in Habsburg Europe -- 6 The Microcosm -- 7 Mechanics: from Micro to Macro -- 8 Janello in Spain as a Royal Hydraulic Engineer (1563-1585) -- 9 The First Global Empire Produced The First Giant Water-Machine -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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