Watching Vesuvius a history of science and culture in early modern Italy

Introduction: Vesuvius in the view South -- Approaches: humanists, naturalists, and Vesuvius in the late Renaissance -- Marvelous excesses: the eruption of 1631 -- Histories of ignition: from historia to causa -- Contesting Vesuvius: discordant meanings in the context of revolt -- On the face of thi...

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1. Verfasser: Cocco, Sean (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Chicago & London The University of Chicago Press 2013
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: Vesuvius in the view South -- Approaches: humanists, naturalists, and Vesuvius in the late Renaissance -- Marvelous excesses: the eruption of 1631 -- Histories of ignition: from historia to causa -- Contesting Vesuvius: discordant meanings in the context of revolt -- On the face of this earth: Vesuvius and its kind -- Watching and philosophizing: from controversy to cosmopolitanism -- Formed by explosion: geology in the Neapolitan picturesque -- Conclusion: returns to the past.
Beschreibung:xi, 322 Seiten
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ISBN:0226923711
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