{"product_id":"material-world-guy-hedreen-9789004423763","title":"Material World: The Intersection of Art, Science, and Nature in Ancient Literature and Its Renaissance Reception","description":"The interplay between nature, science, and art in antiquity and the early modern period differs significantly from late modern expectations. In this book scholars from ancient studies as well as early modern studies, art history, literary criticism, philosophy, and the history of science, explore that interplay in several influential ancient texts and their reception in the Renaissance. The \u003ci\u003eNatural History\u003c\/i\u003e of Pliny, \u003ci\u003eDe Architectura\u003c\/i\u003e of Vitruvius, \u003ci\u003eDe Rerum Natura\u003c\/i\u003e of Lucretius, \u003ci\u003eAutomata\u003c\/i\u003e of Hero, and \u003ci\u003eTimaios\u003c\/i\u003e of Plato among other texts reveal how fields of inquiry now considered distinct were originally understood as closely interrelated. In our choice of texts, we focus on materialistic theories of nature, knowledge, and art that remain underappreciated in ancient and early modern studies even today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guy Hedreen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004423761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004423763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Guy Hedreen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43944288420095,"sku":"9789004423763","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_da5fee3a-7341-402e-b1e0-3bcd0ea00352.jpg?v=1681502820","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/material-world-guy-hedreen-9789004423763","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}