Picturing Machines 1400–1700 by Wolfgang Lefevre - ISBN: 9780262550888
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Renaissance drawings unlocked engineering: images shaped ideas, not just depicted them.

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    354 pages

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    26 December 2023

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Summary

How technical drawings shaped early engineering practice.

Technical drawings by the architects and engineers of the Renaissance made use of a range of new methods of graphic representation. These drawings—among them Leonardo da Vinci’s famous drawings of mechanical devices—have long been studied for their aesthetic qualities and technological ingenuity, but their significance for the architects and engineers themselves is seldom considered. The essays in Picturing…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262550888
ISBN-10:0262550881
Author:Wolfgang Lefevre
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:354
Release Date:26 December 2023
Weight:369g
Dimensions:229mm x 178mm
Series:Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology
About The Author

Wolfgang Lefevre

Wolfgang Lefèvre is Senior Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. He is the author or editor of several other books.

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