Openness, secrecy, authorship: technical arts and the culture of knowledge from antiquity to the Renaissance

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Titles

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

Notes

• Comprend des références bibliographiques (pages 299-350).
• Introduction: Categories and Key Words: Local Meaning in Long-Term History -- Open Authorship within Ancient Traditions of Techne and Praxis -- Secrecy and Esoteric Knowledge in Late Antiquity -- Handing Down Craft Knowledge -- Authorship on the Mechanical Arts in the Last Scribal Age -- Secrecy and the Esoteric Traditions of the Renaissance -- Openness and Authorship I: Mining, Metallurgy, and the Military Arts -- Openness and Authorship II: Painting, Architecture, and Other Arts -- Epilogue: Values of Transmission and the New Sciences.
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Identifiers

• Isbns: 9780801872822; 0801872820
• Oclc Number: (OCoLC)754024636

Publication Statement

• Place: Baltimore
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date: 2001

Physical Description

• Extent: 1 ressource en ligne (XII-364pages) :
• Illustrations: illustrations

Table Of Contents

• Introduction: Categories and Key Words: Local Meaning in Long-Term History --
• Open Authorship within Ancient Traditions of Techne and Praxis --
• Secrecy and Esoteric Knowledge in Late Antiquity --
• Handing Down Craft Knowledge --
• Authorship on the Mechanical Arts in the Last Scribal Age --
• Secrecy and the Esoteric Traditions of the Renaissance --
• Openness and Authorship I: Mining, Metallurgy, and the Military Arts --
• Openness and Authorship II: Painting, Architecture, and Other Arts --
• Epilogue: Values of Transmission and the New Sciences.

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