Pythagoras and Renaissance Europe: Finding Heaven

Author:   Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   331
Publication Date:   11 August 2014
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Author:   Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.90cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 24.70cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9781107415232


ISBN 10:   1107415233
Pages:   331
Publication Date:   11 August 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Part I. Pythagoras, Man for the Renaissance: 1. Prologue: the diffusion of knowledge about Pythagoras in the Renaissance; 2. The emergence of 'Saint' Pythagoras in the early Renaissance; 3. The apotheosis of Pythagoras in the sixteenth century; Part II. The Many Faces of Renaissance Pythagoreanism: 4. The Pythagorean tradition in the early fifteenth century; 5. The strengthening and deepening of Pythgoreanism in the later fifteenth century; 6. The maturation and vicissitudes of Pythagoreanism in the sixteenth century; Part III. Pythagoreanism in Architecture and Art: 7. Renaissance images of Pythagoras; 8. The search for harmony in architecture and art of the fifteenth century; 9. Finding harmony: form and meaning in architecture and art of the sixteenth century; 10. Conclusions: the prince of Italian philosophy and the birth of harmony as an aesthetic notion.

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'... a beautiful job. Exceedingly well-written and entertaining, as well as informative. I don't know of anyone who has ... come up with such a complete and rounded set of materials on Pythagoras. It was a brilliant idea, and [the] text is intelligent, learned and brilliant.' George L. Hersey, Yale University '... an impressive annotated bibliography of Renaissance Pythagoreanism, with a good index, very suitable for canvassing this broad and confusing field quickly and easily.' The Mathematical Intelligencer


'[This] book ... is a beautiful job. Exceedingly well-written and entertaining, as well as informative. I don't know of anyone who has ... come up with such a complete and rounded set of materials on Pythagoras. It was a brilliant idea, and [the] text is intelligent, learned and brilliant.' George L. Hersey, Yale University '... an impressive annotated bibliography of Renaissance Pythagoreanism, with a good index, very suitable for canvassing this broad and confusing field quickly and easily.' The Mathematical Intelligencer


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Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier is an internationally known and distinguished scholar. A three-times graduate of Harvard, she has published extensively in research journals, conference proceedings, and international catalogues on subjects ranging from classical literature to medieval architecture to Renaissance art and intellectual history. A recipient of grants from the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Philosophical Society, and the National Endowment for the Humanities among others, she is the author of Jacopo Bellini: Selected Drawings, Raphael's Stanza della Segnatura: Meaning and Invention, and Measuring Heaven: Pythagoras and His Influence on Thought and Art in Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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