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Renaissance automata of the Villa Pratolino = magic, mechanics, and Medici ambition /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Renaissance automata of the Villa Pratolino/ by Lily V. Filson.
Reminder of title:	magic, mechanics, and Medici ambition /
Author:	Filson, Lily V.
Published:	Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland : : 2025.,
Description:	xxiii, 314 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
[NT 15003449]:	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.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Material culture in art. -
Subject:	Italy - History - 16th century. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-86993-8
ISBN:	9783031869938

Renaissance automata of the Villa Pratolino = magic, mechanics, and Medici ambition /
Filson, Lily V.

Renaissance automata of the Villa Pratolinomagic, mechanics, and Medici ambition /[electronic resource] :by Lily V. Filson. - Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2025. - xxiii, 314 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

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.

This book explores the automata of the Medici Villa Pratolino, focusing on the intersection of art, engineering, and philosophy in the late sixteenth century. The author examines how these 'living sculptures' went beyond traditional Renaissance static forms, blending mechanical innovation with artistic expression. Through a detailed analysis of the villa's automata and Francesco de' Vieri's 1587 description of the site, the book highlights the philosophical and magical ideas that shaped these creations, reflecting the Medici family's ambition to fuse science, art, and power. Providing a critical bridge between medieval and Renaissance anthropomorphic engineering, and the later mechanistic devices of the Reformation and Enlightenment, this book will appeal to scholars of Renaissance art, the history of technology, and the philosophy of science, offering new insights into the role of automata in Early Modern European culture. Lily Filson is an art historian specializing in the intersection of art, science, and technology in the early modern period. She earned her doctorate from Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy with support from a European Research Council grant, and has taught art history at American universities since 2018. Her research, published in journals such as Studia Rudolphina and Society and Politics, explores the cultural and mechanical innovations of Renaissance Italy, with a focus on automata and architectural design. This is her first monograph.

ISBN: 9783031869938

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-86993-8doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

3787246
Material culture in art.
Subjects--Geographical Terms:

3787245
Italy
--History--16th century.

LC Class. No.: DG445

Dewey Class. No.: 945.07

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