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  • Between Raphael and Galileo

    Mutio Oddi and the Mathematical Culture of Late Renaissance Italy

    by Alexander Marr ...
    Although largely unknown today, during his lifetime Mutio Oddi of Urbino (1569–1639) was a highly esteemed scholar, teacher, and practitioner of a wide range of disciplines related to mathematics. A prime example of the artisan-scholar so prevalent in the late Renaissance, Oddi was also accomplished in the fields of civil and military architecture and the design and retail of mathematical ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ingenuity in the Making

    Matter and Technique in Early Modern Europe

    Edited by Richard J. Oosterhoff, José Ramón Marcaida, Alexander Marr ...
    Ingenuity in the Making explores the myriad ways in which ingenuity shaped the experience and conceptualization of materials and their manipulation in early modern Europe. Contributions range widely across the arts and sciences, examining objects and texts, professions and performances, concepts and practices. The book considers subjects such as spirited matter, the conceits of nature, and crafty ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Places of Early Modern Criticism

    Edited by Gavin Alexander, Emma Gilby, Alexander Marr ...
    What is criticism? And where is it to be found? Thinking about literature and the visual arts is found in many places - in treatises, apologies, and paragoni; in prefaces, letters, and essays; in commentaries, editions, reading notes, and commonplace books; in images, sculptures, and built spaces; within or on the thresholds of works of poetry and visual art. It is situated between different ... Read more

    $82.79 USD

  • Logodaedalus

    Word Histories of Ingenuity in Early Modern Europe

    by Alexander Marr, Raphaële Garrod, José Ramón Marcaida, Richard J. Oosterhoff ...
    Before Romantic genius, there was ingenuity. Early modern ingenuity defined every person—not just exceptional individuals—as having their own attributes and talents, stemming from an “inborn nature” that included many qualities, not just intelligence. Through ingenuity and its family of related terms, early moderns sought to understand and appreciate differences between peoples, places, and things ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Curiosity and Wonder from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment

    by R.J.W. Evans ...
    'Curiosity' and 'wonder' are topics of increasing interest and importance to Renaissance and Enlightenment historians. Conspicuous in a host of disciplines from history of science and technology to history of art, literature, and society, both have assumed a prominent place in studies of the Early Modern period. This volume brings together an international group of scholars to investigate the ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Rubens’s Spirit

    From Ingenuity to Genius

    by Alexander Marr ...
    Series Book 20 - Renaissance Lives
    Peter Paul Rubens was the most inventive and prolific northern European artist of his age. This book discusses his life and work in relation to three interrelated themes: spirit, ingenuity and genius. It argues that Rubens and his reception were pivotal in the transformation of early modern ingenuity into Romantic genius. Ranging across the artist’s entire career, it explores Rubens’s engagement ... Read more

    $22.09 USD