Gardens, Knowledge and the Sciences in the Early Modern Period
Editors: Fischer, Hubertus, Remmert, Volker R., Wolschke-Bulmahn, Joachim (Eds.)
Free Preview- Discusses the outstanding contributions made by the mathematical sciences and botany to the genesis and development of early modern garden art and garden culture
- Traces applications of specific forms of scientific and technological knowledge to horticulture and garden art in the early modern period
- Elaborates on mathematization and scientization in early modern garden art (16th to 18th century)
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This volume focuses on the outstanding contributions made by botany and the mathematical sciences to the genesis and development of early modern garden art and garden culture. The many facets of the mathematical sciences and botany point to the increasingly “scientific” approach that was being adopted in and applied to garden art and garden culture in the early modern period. This development was deeply embedded in the philosophical, religious, political, cultural and social contexts, running parallel to the beginning of processes of scientization so characteristic for modern European history. This volume strikingly shows how these various developments are intertwined in gardens for various purposes.
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“Gardens have increasingly become the focus of scholarly attention. … This stimulating volume is one of the latest, most relevant contributions. … While describing garden and landscape design in relation to theoretical knowledge, horticulture, botany, and mathematics, this timely volume successfully addresses how much garden knowledge shaped early modern culture, sciences, and philosophy. Ultimately, the volume engagingly contributes to the inclusion of gardens in the scientific revolution of early modernity.” (Fabrizio Baldassarri, ISIS, Vol. 108 (4), December, 2017)
- Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-6
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The Art of Garden and Landscape Design and the Mathematical Sciences in the Early Modern Period
Pages 9-28
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“Without Design, or Fate, or Force”: Why Couldn’t John Evelyn Complete the Elysium Britannicum?
Pages 29-53
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The Power of the Sun-King at the Potager du Roi
Pages 55-74
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The Organ of the Villa d’Este in Tivoli and the Standards of Pneumatic Engineering in the Renaissance
Pages 77-102
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Gardens, Knowledge and the Sciences in the Early Modern Period
- Editors
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- Hubertus Fischer
- Volker R. Remmert
- Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn
- Series Title
- Trends in the History of Science
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser Basel
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-26342-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-26342-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-26340-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-79936-0
- Series ISSN
- 2297-2951
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VI, 374
- Number of Illustrations
- 72 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
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