Renaissance invention : Stradanus's Nova Reperta / edited by Lia Markey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Markey, Lia, editor.

Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605.

Newberry Library, host institution.

Northwestern University Press, publisher.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605. Nova reperta.

Straet, Jan van der.

Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605--Criticism and interpretation.

Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605.

Newberry Library--Exhibitions.

Newberry Library.

Engraving, Renaissance.

Scientific discoveries in art.

Inventions in art.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Exhibition catalogs.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 264 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 x 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"This book is the first full-length study of Johannes Stradanus's renowned print series Nova Reperta, yielding insights into cross-cultural collaboration and technological change during the Renaissance"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Daniel Greene

Acknowledgments

Essays

Introduction: Inventing the Nova Reperta / Lia Markey

Philips Galle's Nova Reperta: A Case Study in Print Prices and Distribution / Karen L. Bowen

Stradanus's Print Shop and the Practice of Printing in Sixteenth-Century Antwerp / Dirk Imhof

Diligent Labor in Stradanus's Engraving Shop / Madeleine C. Viljoen

Mathematical Instruments in the Nova Reperta / James Clifton

Invented Processes: Stradanus's Distillatio and Lapis polaris magnes / Olivia Dill

A New World Disease and Therapy: Stradanus's Guaiacum Engraving / Alessandra Foscati and Lia Markey

The Global Reception of Stradanus and the Political Use of the Nova Reperta / Dániel Margócsy

Practical Knowledge in Early Modern Europe / Pamela H. Smith

Conversations.

Navigation / Jim Akerman, Pedro Raposo, and J. B. Shank

Warfare / David Cressy, Jennifer Nelson, and Suzanne Karr Schmidt

Printing / Jill Gage and Martin Antonetti

Transformation / Rebecca Zorach, Luca Molà, and Matthew James Crawford

Mechanisms / Deborah Howard, Jessica Keating, and Niall Atkinson

Visuality / Sven Dupré, Claudia Swan, and Christine Göttler

Catalogue of Related Works in the Newberry Library Collections / Jim Akerman, Ikumi Crocoll, Olivia Dill, Caitlin DiMartino, Andrew Epps, Christopher Fletcher, Jill Gage, Christine Göttler, Marisa Guo, Elisa Jones, Suzanne Karr Schmidt, Megan Kelly, Stephanie Lee, Analú Lopez, Isabella Magni, Lia Markey, Claire Ptaschinski, Risa Puleo, Sandra Racek, McKenzie Stupica, John Sullivan, Alexandra Thomas, and Debora Wood.

Notes:

"This book is funded in part by the Newbery Library, accompanying an exhibition on view at the Newberry from April 18 to July 3, 2020."--Title page verso. Exhibition postponed until the fall of 2020 due to public health concerns over the outbreak of COVID-19.

Essays and conversations from a symposium held May 2019 at the Newberry Library's Center for Renaissance Studies.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-257) and index.

Related Work:

Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605. Nova reperta.

ISBN:

9780810142022

0810142023

OCLC:

1124906458