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Animating the divine : water, magic, and knowledge in the automata of Villa Pratolino / Lily V. Filson.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Robots--Italy--Vaglia--History.
- Robots.
- Hydraulic machinery--Italy--Vaglia--History.
- Hydraulic machinery.
- Hydraulic power networks--Italy--Vaglia--History.
- Hydraulic power networks.
- Theurgy--Italy--History.
- Theurgy.
- Genre:
- Educational films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (19 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Privately Published, 2025.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- This film investigates the hydraulic automata of Medici Villa Pratolino, where water powered lifelike statues embodying Renaissance magical philosophies. Using Buontalenti's designs and Vieri's treatise, it shows how art, science, and spirituality merged, turning the villa into a space of Hermetic learning and metaphysical spectacle.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed January 12, 2026).
- OCLC:
- 1559184729
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