The Italian Renaissance of Machines

by Paolo Galluzzi

The Renaissance was not just a rebirth of the mind. It was also a new dawn for the machine.

When we celebrate the achievements of the Renaissance, we instinctively refer, above all, to its artistic and literary masterpieces. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, however, the Italian peninsula was the stage of a no-less-impressive revival of technical knowledge and practice. In this rich and lavishly illustrated volume, Paolo...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674984390
• ISBN13: 9780674984394
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.4"