The making of measure and the promise of sameness
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface: Written in Stone -- I. Safes -- Thinking through History -- Measurements, Epistemological Filters -- Metrological Blurs -- The Silent Maneuvering of the Tavole di Ragguaglio -- Naturalizing Measurements -- Metrologies -- Measureless Art -- II. S...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Chicago London : University of Chicago Press,
[2019]
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| Schlagworte: | Measurement-Italy-History-To 1500 Measurement-Social aspects-Italy Metrology-Italy-History-To 1500 Weights and measures-Social aspects-Italy Italy-Civilization-1268-1559 Metrology-Italy-Historiography Metrology-Social aspects-Italy Measurement-Social aspects-Italy. Metrology-Italy-History-To 1500. Metrology-Social aspects-Italy. mehr... |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 309 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface: Written in Stone -- I. Safes -- Thinking through History -- Measurements, Epistemological Filters -- Metrological Blurs -- The Silent Maneuvering of the Tavole di Ragguaglio -- Naturalizing Measurements -- Metrologies -- Measureless Art -- II. Squares -- The Pratissolo Deal -- Opacifying the Invisible -- The Pietre di Paragone -- Measurements, Made and Remade -- In the Open -- Disciplining Standards -- The Politics of Measurement -- Measurements and the People -- III. Cities -- Divine Measures -- From Fratres Penitentie to Religiosi Viri -- Cutting through Buildings -- Invisible Boundaries -- Imposing Self-Control -- The Ideology of Order -- The Height of Christ -- The Touch of Measurements -- IV. Fields -- Dividing Up the Land -- The Origins of Medieval Measurements -- Geo-metria -- Thinking through Squares -- Frustrating Bodies -- Fibonacci's Standardizations -- Conclusion: The Metamorphoses of Measurements -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 309 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln) Illustrationen, Pläne |
| ISBN: | 9780226612522 022661252X 9780226612492 022661249X |