<i>Ingenuity in the Making</i> explores the myriad ways in which ingenuity shaped the experience and conceptualization of materials and their manipulation in early modern Europe. Contributions range widely across the arts and sciences, examining objects and texts, professions and performances, concepts and practices. The book considers subjects such as spirited matter, the conceits of nature, and crafty devices, investigating the ways in which ingenuity acted in and upon the material world through skill and technique. Contributors ask how ingenuity informed the “maker’s knowledge” tradition, where the perilous borderline between the genius of invention and disingenuous fraud was drawn, charting the ambitions of material ingenuity in a rapidly globalizing world.
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<b>Richard J. Oosterhoff (Editor) </b><br> <b>Richard J. Oosterhoff </b>is lecturer in early modern history at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of <i>Making Mathematical Culture: University and Print in the Circle of Lefèvre d’Étaples</i> and coauthor of <i>Logodaedalus: Word Histories of Ingenuity in Early Modern Europe</i>.<br><br><b>José Ramón Marcaida (Editor) </b><br> <b>José Ramón Marcaida</b> is lecturer in art history at the University of St Andrews, where he works on the intersections of art and science in the early modern Hispanic world. He is the author of <i>Arte y ciencia en el Barroco español. </i><i>Historia natural, coleccionismo y cultura visual</i> and coauthor of <i>Logodaedalus: Word Histories of Ingenuity in Early Modern Europe</i>.<br><br><b>Alexander Marr (Editor) </b><br> <b>Alexander Marr</b> is professor of the history of early modern art at the University of Cambridge and a fellow and dean of disciple of Trinity Hall. He is the author of <i>Rubens’s Spirit: From Ingenuity to Genius</i> and coauthor of <i>Logodaedalus: Word Histories of Ingenuity in Early Modern Europe</i>.<br><br>
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