Renaissance Invention by Lia Markey

Northwestern University Press
Renaissance Invention by Lia Markey
Product Specifications
  • Title: Renaissance Invention by Lia Markey
  • Author: Lia Markey
  • Publisher: Northwestern University Press
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • History of art art & design styles
  • No. of pages: 268
  • Dimensions (approx. mm): 229 x 305 x 20

Product Description

The first full-length study of the Nova Reperta (New Discoveries) a renowned series of prints designed by Johannes Stradanus during the late 1580s in Florence. The book seeks to understand why certain inventions or novelties were represented in the series and how that presentation reflected their adoption in the sixteenth century.