Openness, secrecy, authorship : technical arts and the culture of knowledge from antiquity to the Renaissance / / Pamela O. Long

• Autore: Long Pamela O
• 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II