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Renaissance futurities : science, art, invention /

"Renaissance Futurities considers the intersections between artistic rebirth, the new science, and European imperialism in the global early modern world. Charlene Villaseñor Black and Mari-Tere Álvarez take as inspiration the work of Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), prolific ar...

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Group Author: Black, Charlene Villaseñor, 1962- (Editor); Alvarez, Mari-Tere (Editor)
Published: University of California Press,
Publisher Address: Oakland, California :
Publication Dates: [2020]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Art and science > Forecasting.
Art and science > Europe > 16th century.
Art and science > Europe > 15th century.
Future in art.
Art and science.
Europe.
Essays.
Summary: "Renaissance Futurities considers the intersections between artistic rebirth, the new science, and European imperialism in the global early modern world. Charlene Villaseñor Black and Mari-Tere Álvarez take as inspiration the work of Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), prolific artist and inventor, and other polymaths such as philosopher Giulio "Delminio" Camillo (1480-1544), physician and naturalist Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1514-1587), and writer Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). This concern with futurity is inspired by the Renaissance itself, a period defined by visions of the future, as well as by recent theorizing of temporality in Renaissance and Queer Studies. This transdisciplinary volume is at the cutting edge of the humanities, medical humanities, scientific discovery, and avant-garde artistic expression"--Provided by publisher.
Carrier Form: x, 238 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-231) and index.
ISBN: 9780520296985 (paperback : alkaline paper) :
0520296982 (paperback : alkaline paper)
9780520969513 (ePub)
0520969510 (ePub)
Index Number: N72
CLC: J0-05
Call Number: J0-05/R393
Contents: Introduction : the future is now : reflections on art, science, futurity /
Moon shot: from renaissance imagination to modern reality /
Machines in the garden /
Inventing interfaces : Camillo's memory theater and the renaissance of human-computer interaction /
Futurities, empire, and censorship: Cervantes in conversation with Ovid and Orwell /
Anticipating the future : Leonardo's unpublished anatomical and mathematical observations /
Medicine as a hunt : searching for the secrets of the new world /
The half-life of blue /
"Ingenuity' and artists' ways of knowing /

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