Academic Journal
‘Acutezza’ and ‘Figure ingegnose’: The Aesthetics of Natural Philosophy in the Saggi di naturali esperienze of the Accademia del Cimento
| Τίτλος: | ‘Acutezza’ and ‘Figure ingegnose’: The Aesthetics of Natural Philosophy in the Saggi di naturali esperienze of the Accademia del Cimento |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Eva Struhal |
| Πηγή: | Nuncius. :1-31 |
| Στοιχεία εκδότη: | Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2025. |
| Έτος έκδοσης: | 2025 |
| Θεματικοί όροι: | Art and science, Accademia del Cimento, Vincenzo Viviani, Lorenzo Magalotti |
| Περιγραφή: | This article focuses on the representation of experimental practice and the illustrations of scientific instruments in the Saggi di naturali esperienze of the Accademia del Cimento. I highlight two essential rhetorical concepts to better understand the academy’s representation of its activities: the rhetorical category of acutezza (acute, ingenious thinking) and figura ingegnosa (in this case, illustrations of the scientific instruments as symbols of the academicians’ intellectual brilliance). Both rhetorical strategies are prominently explained in Il Cannocchiale Aristotelico by Emanuele Tesauro, one of the central intellectuals of the Baroque, and serve as a way to deepen our understanding of the activity of the Cimento. I also contribute biographical details to “Il Cinodiana,” the engraver of the instruments, active in the entourage of the Accademia dei Gelati. In addition, I attribute drawings of the instruments in connection with the Saggi to Vincenzo Viviani, trained in draughtsmanship by the Florentine artist Baccio del Bianco. |
| Τύπος εγγράφου: | Article |
| Περιγραφή αρχείου: | application/pdf |
| ISSN: | 1825-3911 0394-7394 |
| DOI: | 10.1163/18253911-bja10157 |
| Σύνδεσμος πρόσβασης: | https://brill.com/view/journals/nun/aop/article-10.1163-18253911-bja10157/article-10.1163-18253911-bja10157.xml https://doi.org/10.1163/18253911-bja10157 https://hdl.handle.net/11572/462070 |
| Αριθμός Καταχώρησης: | edsair.doi.dedup.....708c1b5e8681dfec76fa661d33012ba3 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | OpenAIRE |
| ISSN: | 18253911 03947394 |
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| DOI: | 10.1163/18253911-bja10157 |