E. R. Truitt

Medieval Robots

Mechanism, Magic, Nature, and Art

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, or silent metal guardians; some served to entertain or instruct while others performed surveillance or discipline. Medieval Robots explores the forgotten history of real and imagined machines that captivated Europe from the ninth through the fourteenth centuries.

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Produktdetails

• The Middle Ages Series
• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 153mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780812223576
• ISBN-10: 0812223578
• Artikelnr.: 44637690

Autorenporträt

E. R. Truitt

Inhaltsangabe

List of Abbreviations
Introduction. The Persistence of Robots: An Archaeology of Automata
Chapter 1. Rare Devices: Geography and Technology
Chapter 2. Between Art and Nature: Natura artifex, Neoplatonism, and
Literary Automata
Chapter 3. Talking Heads: Astral Science, Divination, and Legends of
Medieval Philosophers
Chapter 4. The Quick and the Dead: Automata, Memorial Statues, and Corpses
Chapter 5. From Texts to Technology: Mechanical Marvels in Courtly and
Public Pageantry
Chapter 6. The Clockwork Universe: Keeping Sacred and Secular Time
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments