The Resource Picturing machines 1400-1700, edited by Wolfgang Lefèvre
Picturing machines 1400-1700, edited by Wolfgang Lefèvre
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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 Machines 1400-1700 take this alternate perspective and look at how drawing shaped the practice of early modern engineering. They do so through detailed investigations of specific images, looking at over 100 that range from sketches to perspective views to thoroughly constructed projections.In early modern engineering practice, drawings were not merely visualizations of ideas but acted as models that shaped ideas. Picturing Machines establishes basic categories for the origins, purposes, functions, and contexts of early modern engineering illustrations, then treats a series of topics that not only focus on the way drawings became an indispensable means of engineering but also reflect the main stages in their historical development. The authors examine the social interaction conveyed by early machine images and their function as communication between practitioners; the knowledge either conveyed or presupposed by technical drawings, as seen in those of Giorgio Martini and Leonardo; drawings that required familiarity with geometry or geometric optics, including the development of architectural plans; and technical illustrations that bridged the gap between practical and theoretical mechanics
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vi, 347 pages)
- Contents
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- Why draw pictures of machines? The social context of early modern machine drawings / Marcus Popplow
- The origins of early modern machine design / David McGee
- Social character, pictorial style, and the grammar of technical illustration in craftsmen's manuscripts in the late middle ages / Rainer Leng
- Picturing the machine : Francesco di Giorgio and Leonardo da Vinci in the 1490s / Pamela O. Long
- Measures of success : military engineering and the architectonic understanding of design / Mary Henninger-Voss
- Renaissance descriptive geometry : the codification of drawing methods / Filippo Camerota
- The emergence of combined orthographic projections / Wolfgang Lefèvre
- Projections embodied in technical drawings : Dürer and his followers / Jeanne Peiffer
- Drawing mechanics / Michael S. Mahoney
- Isbn
- 9781417574674
- Label
- Picturing machines 1400-1700
- Title
- Picturing machines 1400-1700
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Wolfgang Lefèvre
- Subject
-
- Architekturzeichnung
- Electronic books
- Engineering graphics
- Engineering graphics
- Grafische voorstellingen
- Machines
- Mechanical drawing
- Mechanical drawing
- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Drafting & Mechanical Drawing
- Technische Zeichnung
- Technische tekeningen
- Technisches Zeichnen
- Language
- eng
- 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 Machines 1400-1700 take this alternate perspective and look at how drawing shaped the practice of early modern engineering. They do so through detailed investigations of specific images, looking at over 100 that range from sketches to perspective views to thoroughly constructed projections.In early modern engineering practice, drawings were not merely visualizations of ideas but acted as models that shaped ideas. Picturing Machines establishes basic categories for the origins, purposes, functions, and contexts of early modern engineering illustrations, then treats a series of topics that not only focus on the way drawings became an indispensable means of engineering but also reflect the main stages in their historical development. The authors examine the social interaction conveyed by early machine images and their function as communication between practitioners; the knowledge either conveyed or presupposed by technical drawings, as seen in those of Giorgio Martini and Leonardo; drawings that required familiarity with geometry or geometric optics, including the development of architectural plans; and technical illustrations that bridged the gap between practical and theoretical mechanics
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- Dewey number
- 604.2
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- T353
- LC item number
- .P55 2004eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1941-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Lefèvre, Wolfgang
- Series statement
- Transformations
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mechanical drawing
- Engineering graphics
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
- Engineering graphics
- Mechanical drawing
- Technische Zeichnung
- Architekturzeichnung
- Technisches Zeichnen
- Machines
- Technische tekeningen
- Grafische voorstellingen
- Label
- Picturing machines 1400-1700, edited by Wolfgang Lefèvre
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-333) and indexes
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Why draw pictures of machines? The social context of early modern machine drawings / Marcus Popplow -- The origins of early modern machine design / David McGee -- Social character, pictorial style, and the grammar of technical illustration in craftsmen's manuscripts in the late middle ages / Rainer Leng -- Picturing the machine : Francesco di Giorgio and Leonardo da Vinci in the 1490s / Pamela O. Long -- Measures of success : military engineering and the architectonic understanding of design / Mary Henninger-Voss -- Renaissance descriptive geometry : the codification of drawing methods / Filippo Camerota -- The emergence of combined orthographic projections / Wolfgang Lefèvre -- Projections embodied in technical drawings : Dürer and his followers / Jeanne Peiffer -- Drawing mechanics / Michael S. Mahoney
- Control code
- 57560146
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vi, 347 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781417574674
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 5380
- 9780262278102
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)57560146
- Label
- Picturing machines 1400-1700, edited by Wolfgang Lefèvre
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-333) and indexes
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Why draw pictures of machines? The social context of early modern machine drawings / Marcus Popplow -- The origins of early modern machine design / David McGee -- Social character, pictorial style, and the grammar of technical illustration in craftsmen's manuscripts in the late middle ages / Rainer Leng -- Picturing the machine : Francesco di Giorgio and Leonardo da Vinci in the 1490s / Pamela O. Long -- Measures of success : military engineering and the architectonic understanding of design / Mary Henninger-Voss -- Renaissance descriptive geometry : the codification of drawing methods / Filippo Camerota -- The emergence of combined orthographic projections / Wolfgang Lefèvre -- Projections embodied in technical drawings : Dürer and his followers / Jeanne Peiffer -- Drawing mechanics / Michael S. Mahoney
- Control code
- 57560146
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vi, 347 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781417574674
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 5380
- 9780262278102
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)57560146
Subject
- Architekturzeichnung
- Electronic books
- Engineering graphics
- Engineering graphics
- Grafische voorstellingen
- Machines
- Mechanical drawing
- Mechanical drawing
- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Drafting & Mechanical Drawing
- Technische Zeichnung
- Technische tekeningen
- Technisches Zeichnen
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