TY - BOOK ID - 129310289 TI - Ingenuity in the making : matter and technique in early modern Europe AU - Oosterhoff, Richard J. AU - Marcaida, José Ramón AU - Marr, Alexander PY - 2021 SN - 9780822946885 PB - Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, DB - UniCat KW - Artists' materials KW - Artists' materials. KW - Creative ability in technology KW - Creative ability in technology. KW - Créativité en technologie KW - Materials KW - Materials. KW - Matériaux KW - Matériel d'artistes KW - Science KW - Science. KW - Sciences KW - History KW - Histoire KW - Europe. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:129310289 AB - "Ingenuity in the Making 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."-- ER -