Ingenuity in the Making

Alexander Marr

ISBN 10: 0822946882 / ISBN 13: 9780822946885

Published by University of Pittsburgh Press, US, 2021

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Ingenuity in the Making explores the myriad ways in which ingenuity shaped the experience, discourse and conceptualization of materials and their manipulation in early modern Europe. Contributions range widely across the arts and sciences, examining objects and texts, professions and performances, concepts and practices. The book considers subjects such as spirited matter, the conceits of nature, and crafty devices, investigating the ways in which wit acted in and upon the material world through skill and technique. Contributors ask how ingenuity informed the "maker's knowledge" tradition, where the perilous borderline between the genius of invention and disingenuous fraud was drawn, and what were the ambitions of material ingenuity in a rapidly globalizing world.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ingenuity in the Making
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, US
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822946882
• ISBN 13: 9780822946885
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Ingenuity in the Making explores the myriad ways in which ingenuity shaped the experience and conceptualization of materials and their manipulation in early modern Europe. Contributions range widely across the arts and sciences, examining objects and texts, professions and performances, concepts and practices. The book considers subjects such as spirited matter, the conceits of nature, and crafty devices, investigating the ways in which ingenuity acted in and upon the material world through skill and technique. Contributors ask how ingenuity informed the “maker’s knowledge” tradition, where the perilous borderline between the genius of invention and disingenuous fraud was drawn, charting the ambitions of material ingenuity in a rapidly globalizing world.

About the Author

Richard J. Oosterhoff is lecturer in early modern history at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Making Mathematical Culture: University and Print in the Circle of Lefèvre d’Étaples and coauthor of Logodaedalus: Word Histories of Ingenuity in Early Modern Europe.

José Ramón Marcaida is lecturer in art history at the University of St Andrews, where he works on the intersections of art and science in the early modern Hispanic world. He is the author of Arte y ciencia en el Barroco español. Historia natural, coleccionismo y cultura visual and coauthor of Logodaedalus: Word Histories of Ingenuity in Early Modern Europe.

Alexander Marr is professor of the history of early modern art at the University of Cambridge and a fellow and dean of disciple of Trinity Hall.     He is the author of Rubens’s Spirit: From Ingenuity to Genius and coauthor of Logodaedalus: Word Histories of Ingenuity in Early Modern Europe.