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Long Pamela O
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Titolo: |
Openness, secrecy, authorship : technical arts and the culture of knowledge from antiquity to the Renaissance / / Pamela O. Long
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Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (381 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 001.1/094 |
Soggetto topico: | Technology and civilization - History - To 1500 |
Communication of technical information - Europe - History - To 1500 | |
Technical writing - Europe - History - To 1500 | |
Intellectual property - Europe - History - To 1500 | |
Learning and scholarship - Europe - History - To 1500 | |
Renaissance | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Editions and Translations -- INTRODUCTION Categories and Key Words Local Meaning in Long-Term History -- Chapter 1 Open Authorship within Ancient Traditions of Techneµ and Praxis -- Chapter 2 Secrecy and Esoteric Knowledge in Late Antiquity -- Chapter 3 Handing Down Craft Knowledge -- Chapter 4 Authorship on the Mechanical Arts in the Last Scribal Age -- Chapter 5 Secrecy and the Esoteric Traditions of the Renaissance -- Chapter 6 Openness and Authorship I Mining, Metallurgy, and the Military Arts -- Chapter 7 Openness and Authorship II Painting, Architecture, and Other Arts -- Epilogue Values of Transmission and the New Sciences -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Sommario/riassunto: | She argues that "a useful working definition of authorship permits a gradation of meaning between the poles of authority and originality,and guides us through the term's nuances with clarity rarely matched in a historical study. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Openness, secrecy, authorship ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8018-7282-0 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910826693903321 |
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