Science and the Arts in the Renaissance

Abstract

ALISTAIR C. CROMBIE: Science and the arts in the Renaissance: The search for truth and certainty, old and new. JEROME J. BYLEBYL: Medicine, philosophy, and humanism in Renaissance Italy. P. M. RATTANSI: Art and science: The Paracelsian vision. CLAUDE V. PALISCA: The science of sound and musical practice. JOHN W. SHIRLEY: Science and navigation in Renaissance England. JAMES ACKERMAN: The involvement of artists in Renaissance science. F. DAVID HOENIGER: How plants and animals were studied in the mid–16th century. PHILIP C. RITTERBUSH: The organism as symbol: An innovation in art. SAMUEL Y. EDGERTON, JR.: The Renaissance development of the scientific illustration. MICHAEL S. MAHONEY: Diagrams and dynamics: Mathematical perspectives on Edgerton's thesis.