A Search for the Source of the Whirlpool of Artifice The Cosmology of Giulio Camillo

Kate Robinson

Hardback (23 Feb 2006)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Giulio Camillo was a poet, science and image-maker, who envisaged a tangible network of relationships that held the cosmos in being and who described the heavens in terms of visual signs. This book looks at the connection between image and science in the 16th century.

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Liverpool University Press

Liverpool University Press (LUP) is the UK's third oldest university press, with a distinguished history of publishing exceptional research since 1899, including the work of Nobel prize winners. LUP has rapidly expanded in recent years and now publishes approximately 70 books a year and 25 journals, specialising in literature, modern languages, history and visual culture. LUP's mission is to disseminate high quality scholarly research and to promote learning and culture through the publication of books and journals. The Press is a global ambassador for the University of Liverpool, despatching tens of thousands of copies of our publications worldwide each year, all bearing the imprimatur of an internationally-focused, research-led, Russell Group university. It also has a civic mission to support the city of Liverpool through collaboration with regional organisations and as part of the city's creative economy in its own right.

ISBN:	9781903765531
Publisher:	Liverpool University Press
Imprint:	Liverpool University Press
Pub date:	23 Feb 2006
DEWEY:	113.092
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	154
Weight:	482g
Height:	192mm
Width:	165mm
Spine width:	12mm