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_aSteadman, Philip
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aRenaissance fun
_b: the machines behind the scenes
_c/ Philip Steadman
264 1 _aLondon :
_bUCL Press,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource (397 pages) :
_billustrations (some color)
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_acomputer
338 _2rdacarrier
_aonline resource
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPart I. The machine in the theatre
505 0 _a1. Changing the scenes. Intermezzo : moving pictures
505 0 _a2. A theatre of machines. Intermezzo : artificial weather
505 0 _a3. The automata of Hero of Alexandria
505 0 _aPart II. The machine in the garden
505 0 _a4. Artificial creatures. Intermezzo : talking heads
505 0 _a5. Water in the air. Intermezzo : surprise soakings
505 0 _a6. Artificial music
505 0 _aPart III. A garden and an opera
505 0 _a7. The ‘garden of marvels’ at Pratolino
505 0 _a8. Mercury and Mars in Parma
505 0 _aReprise : hero as unlikely hero
650 _aStage machinery
_zEurope
_xHistory
_y16th century
650 _aStage machinery
_zEurope
_xHistory
_y17th century
650 _aTheaters
_zEurope
_xSpecial effects
_xHistory
_y16th century
650 _aTheaters
_zEurope
_xSpecial effects
_xHistory
_y17th century
655 _aElectronic Books
856 _auclpress.co.uk
_uhttps://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10124541/1/Renaissance-Fun.pdf
942 _2ddc
_cEBOOK