Londons fountaine of arts and sciences
Subtitle: bildliche und theatrale Vermittlungsinstanzen naturwissenschaftlichen Denkens im frühneuzeitlichen London
By: Felix C. H. Sprang.
Edition: 1. Aufl.
Series: Anglistische Forschungen -- Bd. 381; Anglistische Forschungen -- Heft 381.
Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Heidelberg
Language: ger
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9783825353414
Subjects: English literature -- Themes, motives.; Science in literature.; Literature and science -- England -- London.; London (England) -- Intellectual life -- History.
First sentence: Als am 29. Oktober 1632 Heywoods Festspiel 'Londini Artium & Scientiarum Scaturigo. Or, Londons Fountaine of Arts and Sciences' aufgeführt wird, feiert die Stadt London nicht nur Nicholas Rainton als den neuen Lord Mayor, sondern auch sich selbst als Mutter der Wissenschaften. Das Schauspiel beginnt mit einer Lobpreisung der „Arts and Studies of the Brain“ und der in England zahlreichen „Theologists, expert Phisitians, learned Philosophers, skilfull Mathematicians, &c.“ und steigert sich zu einem Lobgesang auf die „Sciences, Mysteries, Trades, and Manufactures, (including as well Merchants as Mechanicks).“
Description: With Heywood’s pageant 'Londons Fountaine of Arts and Sciences' as the point of departure, this study charts the growing awareness of scientific thought in early modern London as it is reflected in visual culture at large and theatrical performances in particular. The book examines the cultural practices that advanced and shaped our modern concept of science and argues that the rise of the "arts and sciences mathematical" was anything but coincidental. In order to understand the roots of our modern concept of science, the study claims, we must turn to the popularization of scientific endeavours in London at around 1600 and consider the vested interest by an emerging social class, the middling sort. This commitment, as it is reflected in the plays, masques and pageants at the time, was decisive for advancing experimental science and a mathematical view of nature.
Notes: Thesis (doctoral) - Universität, Hamburg, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [411-435]) and index.
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