{"product_id":"renaissance-invention-9780810142022","title":"Renaissance Invention","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first full-length study of the \u003cem\u003eNova Reperta (New Discoveries)\u003c\/em\u003e, a renowned series of prints designed by Johannes Stradanus during the late 1580s in Florence. The book seeks to understand why certain inventions or novelties were represented in the series and how that presentation reflected their adoption in the sixteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLia Markey has assembled an excellent team of scholars to guide us through a close, careful, and well contextualized reading of Johannes Stradanus's series of prints from the late 1580s known as the \u003ci\u003eNova Reperta\u003c\/i\u003e, some of the most evocative and emblematic images of the early modern era.\" - Paula Findlen, author of \u003ci\u003eEmpires of Knowledge: Scientific Networks in the Early Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEssays \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Inventing the \u003ci\u003eNova Reperta\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLia Markey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.Philips Galle's \u003ci\u003eNova Reperta\u003c\/i\u003e: A Case Study in Print Prices and Distribution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKaren L. Bowen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Stradanus's Print Shop and the Practice of Printing in Sixteenth-century Antwerp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirk Imhof\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Diligent Labor in Stradanus's Engraving Shop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMadeleine C. Viljoen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Mathematical Instruments in the \u003ci\u003eNova Reperta\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJames Clifton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Invented Processes and Hands-On Knowledge: Stradanus's Distillation and Magnetic Compass  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOlivia Dill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. A New World Disease and Therapy: Stradano's Guaiacum Engraving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlessandra Foscati and Lia Markey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7.The Global Reception of Stradanus and the Political Uses of the \u003ci\u003eNova Reperta\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDÁniel MargÓcsy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Practical Knowledge in Early Modern Europe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePamela H. Smith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConversations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNavigation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJim Akerman, Pedro Raposo, JB Shank\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarfare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDavid Cressy, Jennifer Nelson, Suzanne Karr Schmidt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJill Gage, Martin Antonetti\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTransformation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRebecca Zorach, Luca MolÀ, Matthew James Crawford\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMachines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJessica Keating, Deborah Howard, Niall Atkinson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVisuality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChristine GÖttler, Claudia Swan, Sven DuprÉ\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCatalogue \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e58 entries on materials from the Newberry's collection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577532420439,"sku":"9780810142022","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780810142022.jpg?v=1746095721","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/renaissance-invention-9780810142022","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}