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Renaissance automata of the Villa Pratolino : magic, mechanics, and Medici ambition / Lily V. Filson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Filson, Lily V., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Material culture in art.
- Renaissance--Italy.
- Renaissance.
- Italy--History--16th century.
- Italy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 314 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2025]
- Contents:
- 1: Vanished Wonders
- 2: Atomism , Automata, and Experimental Science at the Medici Court
- 3: 'God-Making' in Magical Philosophy from Antiquity through the Middle Ages
- 4: Medieval Mechanical Marvels
- 5: The Renaissance Rehabilitation of Theurgy and Its Material Culture.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 11, 2025).
- ISBN:
- 9783031869938
- 3031869931
- Publisher Number:
- 90102290358
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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