Elizabeth J Petcu

The Architectural Image and Early Modern Science

Wendel Dietterlin and the Rise of Empirical Investigation

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Produktbeschreibung

"The Architectural Image and Early Modern Science: Wendel Dietterlin and the Rise of Empirical Investigation explores how architectural media came to propel scientific discourse between the eras of Dèurer and of Rubens.It is also the first English-language book to feature the polymathic, eccentric, and long-misunderstood artist Wendel Dietterlin"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 476
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 165mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1157g
• ISBN-13: 9781009422536
• ISBN-10: 1009422537
• Artikelnr.: 70892366

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth J. Petcu is a lecturer in Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh. Her research and teaching examine the intersections of visual and scientific inquiry in the artistic and architectural cultures of the early modern world.

Inhaltsangabe

Editorial note
Acknowledgements
Introduction: the renaissance of architecture as art and science
1. Architecture's figural turn
2. Devising the Architectura: rationalism and empiricism in architectural design
3. Drafting the Architectura: drawing as research in art, architecture, and science
4. Printing the Architectura: architectural etching becomes alchemical inquiry
5. Dissecting the Architectura: anatomy, ornament, and the limits of figuration
6. Deconstructing the Architectura: enduring matter and transient forms in Peru
Conclusion: the death and the life of the architectural image
Selective bibliography
Index.