Naslov
Image as a Medium of Circulation of Knowledge in Renaissance Treatises on Fortifications

Autori
Papeš, Karla

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Third International Conference of PhD students “Behind the Image, Beyond the Image”

Mjesto i datum
Online ; Venecija, Italija, 22.09.2021. - 24.09.2021

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Ključne riječi
images, fortification treatises, firearms, circulation of knowledge

Sažetak
Constant wars and the development of firearms affected the modernization of fortification architecture. The advancement of “military science” can be followed from the end of the 15th century, directly supported by the dissemination of technical knowledge through the printed treatises, in the form of text and image. This paper questions how these media contributed to the dispersion of the common knowledge on the construction of fortifications, by concentrating on the correlation between the text and image, and their communication with the reader/observer. Contrary to the established practices of the scholarship which gave precedence to the text, this paper puts focus on the images, seeing them not only as the supplementary element for the better understanding of written content but as the individual works of art. How can these images be approached and observed individually as the repository of knowledge? Do they contain the same knowledge on the construction as the text they follow? How could have they been understood by the people who were using these treatises as the manuals for construction? By presenting selected examples from the Renaissance treaties, this paper brings new contributions to the formation and dissemination of common knowledge on fortification architecture during the early modern period.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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