Galileo’s Thinking Hand : : Mannerism, Anti-Mannerism and the Virtue of Drawing in the Foundation of Early Modern Science /

Galileo’s Thinking Hand : : Mannerism, Anti-Mannerism and the Virtue of Drawing in the Foundation of Early Modern Science / / Horst Bredekamp.

Contemporary biographies of Galilei emphasize, in several places, that he was a masterful draughtsman. In fact, Galilei studied at the art academy, which is where his friendship with Ludovico Cigoli developed, who later became the official court artist. The book focuses on this formative effect – it...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2019
VerfasserIn:
Bredekamp, Horst,
TeilnehmendeR:
Mitch, Cohen.
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (366 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • I. INTRODUCTION: PEIRCE’S POSTULATE
  • II. GALILEO AS THE NEW MICHELANGELO
  • III. ARTISTIC CLARITY AND CULTURAL CRITIQUE
  • IV. IMAGES OF JUPITER, THE FIXED STARS, AND THE MOON
  • V. IMAGES OF THE SUNSPOTS
  • VI. ART AS A SPACE OF ACTION
  • VII. THE BOOK OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE BOOK OF NATURE
  • VIII. CONCLUSION: PEIRCE’S CERTAINTY
  • APPENDIX

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