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Post by ignorantianescia on Aug 11, 2011 19:05:30 GMT
This article by professor Riskin, Machines in the Garden, details the use of automata in late Medieval and Renaissance Europe. An image of the devil automaton at the Castello Sforzesco. [image]A video of an attempt to recreate Leonardo's lion.
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Post by fortigurn on Aug 14, 2011 13:38:44 GMT
This is fascinating, thanks.
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Post by ignorantianescia on Aug 15, 2011 12:31:01 GMT
If you like the article, you might want to know that there is a book on the subject by professor Truitt in progress. news.brynmawr.edu/?p=5915"Assistant Professor of History Elly Truitt recently received a Scholar’s Award from the National Science Foundation to fund a year’s time doing research for and writing her new book, tentatively titled Magical Mechanisms: Automata in the Medieval West ." |
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Post by fortigurn on Aug 15, 2011 13:39:08 GMT
I'll definitely look this up. I had no idea about any of this.  |
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