Galileo's thinking hand : mannerism, anti-mannerism and the virtue of drawing in the foundation of early modern science / Horst Bredekamp ; translated by Mitch Cohen.

By:

Bredekamp, Horst, 1947- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Cohen, Mitch, 1952- [translator.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (ix, 366 pages) : illustrations (some color), mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

3110539217
9783110538304
311053830X
9783110539219
3110520060
9783110520064

Uniform titles:

Galileis denkende Hand. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No title; Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

520.92 23

LOC classification:

QB36.G2 B74 2019

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Contents:

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

Summary: 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 tracks Galilei's trust in the epistemological strength of drawings. It also looks at Galilei's activities in the world of art and his reflections on art theory, ending with an appreciation of his fame; after all, he was revered as a rebirth of Michelangelo. For the first time, this publication collects all aspects of the appreciation of Galilei as an artist, contemplating his art not only as another facet of his activities, but as an essential element of his research.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 tracks Galilei's trust in the epistemological strength of drawings. It also looks at Galilei's activities in the world of art and his reflections on art theory, ending with an appreciation of his fame; after all, he was revered as a rebirth of Michelangelo. For the first time, this publication collects all aspects of the appreciation of Galilei as an artist, contemplating his art not only as another facet of his activities, but as an essential element of his research.