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"Magical" mannerist automata : Ficino, art, and technology in late sixteenth-century Florence / written and compiled by Lily Filson.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499.
- Ficino, Marsilio.
- Robots--Italy--Florence--History.
- Robots.
- Mannerism (Art)--Italy--Florence.
- Mannerism (Art).
- Genre:
- Educational films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (19 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Privately Published, 2015.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- This film examines Francesco I de' Medici's lost automata at Villa Pratolino, where mercury and theurgy animated statues. It highlights the role of Neoplatonic and Hermetic thought, including Ficino's influence, showing how Renaissance magical philosophy intersected with art and early technology to create sophisticated, arcane automata.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed January 12, 2026).
- OCLC:
- 1559192237
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