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OverviewThis book is the first full-length study of the Nova Reperta (New Discoveries), a renowned series of prints designed by Johannes Stradanus during the late 1580s in Florence. Reproductions of the prints, essays, conversations from a scholarly symposium, and catalogue entries complement a Newberry Library exhibition that tells the story of the design, conception, and reception of Stradanus's engravings. Renaissance Invention: Stradanus's 'Nova Reperta' seeks to understand why certain inventions or novelties were represented in the series and how that presentation reflected and fostered their adoption in the sixteenth century. What can Stradanus's prints tell us about invention and cross-cultural encounter in the Renaissance? What was considered 'new' in the era? Who created change and technological innovation? Through images of group activities and interactions in workshops, Stradanus's prints emphasize the importance of collaboration in the creation of new things, dispelling traditional notions of individual genius. The series also dismisses the assumption that the revival of the wonders of the ancient world in Italy was the catalyst for transformation. In fact, the Latin captions on the prints explain how contemporary inventions surpass those of the ancients. Together, word and image foreground the global nature of invention and change in the early modern period even as they promote specifically Florentine interests and activities. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lia Markey , David Cressy , Pedro Raposo , J.B. ShankPublisher: Northwestern University Press Imprint: Northwestern University Press Weight: 1.100kg ISBN: 9780810142022ISBN 10: 0810142023 Pages: 268 Publication Date: 30 March 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Essays Introduction: Inventing the Nova Reperta Lia Markey 1.Philips Galle's Nova Reperta: A Case Study in Print Prices and Distribution Karen L. Bowen 2. Stradanus's Print Shop and the Practice of Printing in Sixteenth-century Antwerp Dirk Imhof 3. Diligent Labor in Stradanus's Engraving Shop Madeleine C. Viljoen 4. Mathematical Instruments in the Nova Reperta James Clifton 5. Invented Processes and Hands-On Knowledge: Stradanus's Distillation and Magnetic Compass Olivia Dill 6. A New World Disease and Therapy: Stradano's Guaiacum Engraving Alessandra Foscati and Lia Markey 7.The Global Reception of Stradanus and the Political Uses of the Nova Reperta DÁniel MargÓcsy 8. Practical Knowledge in Early Modern Europe Pamela H. Smith Conversations Navigation Jim Akerman, Pedro Raposo, JB Shank Warfare David Cressy, Jennifer Nelson, Suzanne Karr Schmidt Printing Jill Gage, Martin Antonetti Transformation Rebecca Zorach, Luca MolÀ, Matthew James Crawford Machines Jessica Keating, Deborah Howard, Niall Atkinson Visuality Christine GÖttler, Claudia Swan, Sven DuprÉ Catalogue 58 entries on materials from the Newberry's collection Bibliography IndexReviewsLia 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 Nova Reperta, some of the most evocative and emblematic images of the early modern era. --Paula Findlen, author of Empires of Knowledge: Scientific Networks in the Early Modern World Lia Markey has assembled a remarkable roster of contributors to tease meaning from one of early modern Europe's most noteworthy print series. Renaissance Invention leaves no doubt that Stradanus's Nova Reperta was a pictorial game-changer that continues to resonate across disciplines. In our present age, this exploration of replicative and other technologies shows us why history is important. --Susan Dackerman, author of Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe Certainly, these images, as Markey, Greene, and the other catalog contributors emphasize, address what we have come to call 'innovation' and 'globalization.' Therein also lies their evil shadow, lurking just off the page, or sometimes right on it . . . in Stradanus's images we glimpse a kind of engineering with imperial rather than cosmological ambitions. We have premonitions of innovation and globalization, those rough beasts slouching toward modernity. --Jessica Riskin, New York Review of Books Markey and her colleagues must be congratulated for a work of lasting scholarship on a neglected but significant series of prints that represents the major changes wrought during the early modern epoch. --Larry Silver, The Burlington Magazine Lia 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 Nova Reperta, some of the most evocative and emblematic images of the early modern era. - Paula Findlen, author of Empires of Knowledge: Scientific Networks in the Early Modern World Author InformationLia Markey is the director of the Center of Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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