Janello Torriani and the Spanish Empire: A Vitruvian Artisan at the Dawn of the Scientific Revolution: Nuncius Series, cartea 2
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789004320895
ISBN-10: 900432089X
Pagini: 450
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.77 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Nuncius Series
ISBN-10: 900432089X
Pagini: 450
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.77 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Nuncius Series
Cuprins
Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
PART 1. A CENTRE OF EDUCATION FOR THE VITRUVIAN ARTISAN AT THE PERIPHERY OF THE EMPIRE
1. Janello Torriani's First Education
Cremona, the Italian Wars and the Desire for a Better Life
Fashioning the Aura of the Genius
Family, Social Status, Education
Humanist Pedagogy in Cremona
2. The Theoretical Clock
The Science of the Stars
Renaissance Scientific Instruments
A Physician as a Mentor: Giorgio Fondulo (Cremona 1473-1545)
3. The practical Clock
The Guild
Janello Torriani the Blacksmith
Between Public Clock and Private Workshop
PART 2. THE EMPEROR’S CLOCKMAKER (1540-1558)
4. The Artisan Courtier
The Grand Tour in Reverse
A Broth of Clocks for the Emperor
Climbing The Social Ladder
5. Networks and Technology in Habsburg Europe
From Commoner to Courtier
The Artisan’s Apotheosis
The Ambassadors from Mantua and their Brokerage of Janello’s Inventions
Janello Entrepreneur
6. The Microcosm
The First Machine-Tool to Cut Gears
Anatomy of the Microcosm
PART 3. HYDRAULIC METAMORPHOSIS OF A CLOCKMAKER AT THE COURT OF THE NEVER-SETTING SUN
7. Mechanics: From Micro to Macro
Automata, Watches And Great Machines
Models and the Problems of Scale
From Clockmaking to Hydraulic Engineering
8. Janello in Spain as a Royal Hydraulic Engineer (1563-1585)
Hydraulic Engineering in the Habsburg Empire
Toledo: a Paradigmatic Stage for Renaissance Water-Technology
9. The First Global Empire Produces the First Giant Water-Machine
Qui Bono? Janello caught between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Invention and the Practice of Secrecy
Conclusions
Bibliography
Manuscript Sources
Printed Sources
Index
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
PART 1. A CENTRE OF EDUCATION FOR THE VITRUVIAN ARTISAN AT THE PERIPHERY OF THE EMPIRE
1. Janello Torriani's First Education
Cremona, the Italian Wars and the Desire for a Better Life
Fashioning the Aura of the Genius
Family, Social Status, Education
Humanist Pedagogy in Cremona
2. The Theoretical Clock
The Science of the Stars
Renaissance Scientific Instruments
A Physician as a Mentor: Giorgio Fondulo (Cremona 1473-1545)
3. The practical Clock
The Guild
Janello Torriani the Blacksmith
Between Public Clock and Private Workshop
PART 2. THE EMPEROR’S CLOCKMAKER (1540-1558)
4. The Artisan Courtier
The Grand Tour in Reverse
A Broth of Clocks for the Emperor
Climbing The Social Ladder
5. Networks and Technology in Habsburg Europe
From Commoner to Courtier
The Artisan’s Apotheosis
The Ambassadors from Mantua and their Brokerage of Janello’s Inventions
Janello Entrepreneur
6. The Microcosm
The First Machine-Tool to Cut Gears
Anatomy of the Microcosm
PART 3. HYDRAULIC METAMORPHOSIS OF A CLOCKMAKER AT THE COURT OF THE NEVER-SETTING SUN
7. Mechanics: From Micro to Macro
Automata, Watches And Great Machines
Models and the Problems of Scale
From Clockmaking to Hydraulic Engineering
8. Janello in Spain as a Royal Hydraulic Engineer (1563-1585)
Hydraulic Engineering in the Habsburg Empire
Toledo: a Paradigmatic Stage for Renaissance Water-Technology
9. The First Global Empire Produces the First Giant Water-Machine
Qui Bono? Janello caught between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Invention and the Practice of Secrecy
Conclusions
Bibliography
Manuscript Sources
Printed Sources
Index
Notă biografică
Cristiano Zanetti received his Ph.D. in History of Science and Technology at the History and Civilization Department of the European University Institute of Fiesole (2012). He has published monographs and articles on Medieval Archaeology and Renaissance Science and Technology, and is active in Public History projects and organizing exhibitions to disseminate the results of his research.
Recenzii
"Das gründlich recherchierte Buch kann jedem, der sich für die Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit interessiert, wärmstens empfohlen werden." ["The thoroughly researched book can be warmly recommended to anyone interested in early modern science and technology."]
Günther Oestmann, Acta Historica Astronomiae (2019) 66: 210-211
"Today that our knowledge of Torriani’s life and work has vastly increased, the need was felt for a book illustrating the life of the great technician from Cremona. Zanetti’s volume fully meets this need and brilliantly makes use of the many sources available today, providing a detailed historical reconstruction of the different milieus frequented byTorriani at various stages in his life.
Elio Nenci (Università degli Studi di Milano), Nuncius 34 (2019): 192-194
"I wholeheartedly recommend Zanetti's work, which chronicles the career of Janiello Torriani, "the prince among the architects of clocks", a master technician in the cutting of gears and a skilled hydrological engineer."
Donald J. Kagay (University of Dallas), Sixteenth Century Journal XLIX/4 (2018): 1179-1181
"Thanks to deep delving in Italian and Spanish archives and wide reading in the latest secondary sources, Zanetti throws new light on Torriano [a.k.a. Torriani] and the social structures within which he worked. No one interested in the technology of this period can afford to ignore this book."
Anthony Turner, Antiquarian Horology, March 2018, pp. 115-116
Günther Oestmann, Acta Historica Astronomiae (2019) 66: 210-211
"Today that our knowledge of Torriani’s life and work has vastly increased, the need was felt for a book illustrating the life of the great technician from Cremona. Zanetti’s volume fully meets this need and brilliantly makes use of the many sources available today, providing a detailed historical reconstruction of the different milieus frequented byTorriani at various stages in his life.
Elio Nenci (Università degli Studi di Milano), Nuncius 34 (2019): 192-194
"I wholeheartedly recommend Zanetti's work, which chronicles the career of Janiello Torriani, "the prince among the architects of clocks", a master technician in the cutting of gears and a skilled hydrological engineer."
Donald J. Kagay (University of Dallas), Sixteenth Century Journal XLIX/4 (2018): 1179-1181
"Thanks to deep delving in Italian and Spanish archives and wide reading in the latest secondary sources, Zanetti throws new light on Torriano [a.k.a. Torriani] and the social structures within which he worked. No one interested in the technology of this period can afford to ignore this book."
Anthony Turner, Antiquarian Horology, March 2018, pp. 115-116