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At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.Renaissance Futurities considers the intersections between artistic rebirth, the new science, and European imperialism in the global early modern world. Charlene Villaseñor Black and Mari-Tere Álvarez take as inspiration the work of Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), prolific artist and inventor, and other polymaths such as philosopher Giulio "Delminio" Camillo (1480-1544), physician and naturalist Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1514-1587), and writer Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). This concern with futurity is inspired by the Renaissance itself, a period defined by visions of the future, as well as by recent theorizing of temporality in Renaissance and Queer Studies. This transdisciplinary volume is at the cutting edge of the humanities, medical humanities, scientific discovery, and avant-garde artistic expression Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Future is Now: Reflections on Art, Science, Futurity / Black, Charlene Villaseñor / Álvarez, Mari-Tere -- 1. Moon Shot: From Renaissance Imagination to Modern Reality / Álvarez, Mari-Tere -- 2. Machines in the Garden / Riskin, Jessica -- 3. Inventing Interfaces: Camillo's Memory Theater and the Renaissance of Human-Computer Interaction / Matussek, Peter -- 4. Futurities, Empire, and Censorship: Cervantes in Conversation with Ovid and Orwell / Armas, Frederick A. de -- 5. Anticipating the Future: Leonardo's Unpublished Anatomical and Mathematical Observations / Gharib, Morteza / Wells, Francis C. / Álvarez, Mari-Tere -- 6. Medicine as a Hunt: Searching for the Secrets of the New World / Eamon, William -- 7. The Half-Life of Blue / Black, Charlene Villaseñor -- 8. 'Ingenuity' and Artists' Ways of Knowing / Farago, Claire -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index
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