Making Mathematical Culture

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Oosterhoff
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Mathematical Practice ◽  
New Age ◽  
Mathematical Culture ◽  
Collaborative Practices ◽  
Printed Books ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Europe ◽  
First Time

In 1503, for the first time, a student at Paris could spend his entire university career studying only the printed textbooks of his teacher, in the works of the humanist and university reformer Jacques Lefèvre d’lÉtaples (c. 1455–1536). In this hinge moment in the cultural history of Europe, as printed books became central to the intellectual habits of following generations, Lefèvre turned especially to mathematics as a way to renovate the medieval university. This book relies on the student manuscripts and annotated books of Beatus Rhenanus, the sole surviving archive of its kind, to consider university learning in the new age of print. Making Mathematical Culture offers a new account of printed textbooks as jointly made by masters and students, and how such collaborative practices informed approaches to mathematics. This book places this moment within the longer history of mathematical practice and Renaissance method, and suggests growing affinities between material practices of making and mathematical culture—a century before Galileo and Descartes.

The Will of Cardinal Giordano Orsini (ob. 1438)

Traditio ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 257-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher S. Celenza
Keyword(s):  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Italian Renaissance ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Renaissance Humanism ◽  
The Third ◽  
Textual History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Will ◽  
First Time

There are many still unstudied aspects of the cultural history of early Quattrocento Rome, especially if we consider the years before 1443, the date of the more or less permanent re-entry into the civitas aeterna of Pope Eugenius IV. The nexus between the still ephemeral papacy and the emerging intellectual movement of Italian Renaissance humanism is one of these aspects. It is hoped that this study will shed some light on this problem by presenting a document that has hitherto not been completely edited: the original will of Cardinal Giordano Orsini. As we shall see, this important witness to the fifteenth century provides valuable information on many fronts, even on the structure of the old basilica of Saint Peter. The short introduction is in three parts. The first has a discussion of the cardinal's cultural milieu with a focus on the only contemporary treatise specifically about curial culture, Lapo da Castiglionchio's De curiae commodis. The second part addresses the textual history of the will as well as some misconceptions which have surrounded it. The third part contains a discussion of the will itself, along with some preliminary observations about what can be learned from the critical edition of the text here presented for the first time.

scholarly journals Ricerche sul teatro classico spagnolo in Italia e oltralpe (secoli XVI-XVIII)

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Complex Phenomenon ◽  
Italian History ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Europe ◽  
European Theatre ◽  
Theatrical Companies

At the height of its development and up to the eighteenth century, the Spanish classical theatre significantly contributed to the formation of the modern European theatre. Theatre texts and theatrical companies were in fact circulating outside the Iberian peninsula and the Spanish experience of theatre triggered literary debates and reflections that played a central role to the cultural history of Europe, from Neoclassicism to the beginnings of Romanticism. It is a complex phenomenon crossing linguistically and culturally diversified territories, and which therefore needs an inter- and multidisciplinary approach. We tried to respond to this need by involving scholars and researchers in the fields of Hispanic, French, Italian, history of entertainment and musicology for the drafting of this volume.

Political and Cultural History of Europe since the Reformation

Thought ◽  
1940 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-162
Author(s):  
Moorhouse F. X. Millar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Europe

scholarly journals Ulisse Aldrovandi’s Color Sensibility: Natural History, Language and the Lay Color Practices of Renaissance Virtuosi

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (4-6) ◽  
pp. 358-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Pugliano
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Correct Identification ◽  
Unpublished Manuscript ◽  
Standard Nomenclature ◽  
Natural Knowledge ◽  
History Of ◽  
Artistic Patronage ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

Famed for his collection of drawings of naturalia and his thoughts on the relationship between painting and natural knowledge, it now appears that the Bolognese naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605) also pondered specifically color and pigments, compiling not only lists and diagrams of color terms but also a full-length unpublished manuscript entitled De coloribus or Trattato dei colori. Introducing these writings for the first time, this article portrays a scholar not so much interested in the materiality of pigment production, as in the cultural history of hues. It argues that these writings constituted an effort to build a language of color, in the sense both of a standard nomenclature of hues and of a lexicon, a dictionary of their denotations and connotations as documented in the literature of ancients and moderns. This language would serve the naturalist in his artistic patronage and his natural historical studies, where color was considered one of the most reliable signs for the correct identification of specimens, and a guarantee of accuracy in their illustration. Far from being an exception, Aldrovandi’s ‘color sensibility’ spoke of that of his university-educated nature-loving peers.


scholarly journals Religião e transcendência na história

2000 ◽  
Vol 60 (237) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Hubert Lepargneur
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
New Age ◽  
New Era ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact

Nascida de uma surpreendente evolução da práxis moderna, a volta do interesse ocidental sobre a Religião e as noções correlatas ao Absoluto a que ela introduz torna extremamente atual e oportuna uma reflexão sobre os impactos da transcendência religiosa, com suas diversas formas, na história cultural dos povos. Nenhuma cultura atravessa os tempos sem este relacionamento que certo positivismo acreditou ultrapassar. Este artigo tenta definir noções fundamentais na matéria e delineia relacionamentos que fogem da sociologia tradicional, mas que a Nova Era convida a repensar. O A. mostra que o espaço da religião abrange toda a cultura humana, inclusive a interpretação do cosmos, de seu passado e de seu futuro: poucos temas abrem a mente para uma glo¬balização (o holismo da Nova Era) tão ampla e exigente.Abstract: Arisenfrom modern evolution of praxis, the return of Occidental interest for Religion and correlative concepts as Absolute, confers extreme opportunity to a refle ction upon the impact of the religious transcendence, with its different forms, upon the cultural history of nations. No culture passes through the history without some sort of connection with any invisible foundation that certain positivism believed to outgo and annul. This article tries to define or localize fundamental concepts in thefield and delineates relations that escape from traditional sociolo- gy, but which the New Era invites to reconsider. The A. shows that the space of religion includes the whole culture, notably the interpretation of the cosmos, of his past and future. Few topics give access to a globa- lization (the New Age Holism) so wide and fascinating.

scholarly journals Zasób archiwum oraz biblioteki parafii św. Katarzyny w Wolbromiu

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 235-248
Author(s):  
Konrad Kołodziejczyk
Keyword(s):  
18Th Century ◽  
Storage Conditions ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Corpus Christi ◽  
Printed Books ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Rich ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Town

Resources of the archive and library of Saint Catherine’s parish in Wolbrom The article tries to take a closer look at the history of the archive and library of Saint Catherine’s parish in Wolbrom, describe the local conditions and briefly characterise the archival resources and library collection. The parish archive and library, originally part of the monastery, in Wolbrom have previously been the subject of only a few studies. Saint Catherine’s parish in Wolbrom was founded in the first half of the 14th century. At the beginning of the 1620s, it was handed over to the Canons Regular of the Lateran from the Corpus Christi Church in Kazimierz near Krakow. The first printed books almost certainly arrived in the town together with the founding of the parish, while the oldest mention of the parish book collection in Wolbrom comes from 1566. In the following centuries, the collection was successively enriched with donations from benefactors and the clergy. The main users of the collection were almost certainly the monks themselves, the heads of the parish schools and pupils. The rich collection in the parish library was not, however, always respected, especially in the 18th century when, after an inspection, attention was drawn to the terrible conditions in the library. Many valuable parts of the collection were also destroyed during wars and invasions. The Wolbrom parish archive was mentioned for the first time in the second half of the 17th century. Initially, the archive was located in the chambers of the prior, then in the monastery library above the church sacristy. The resources of the archive mainly include parish registers. Most of the documentation comes from the time of the partitions. The parish archive also contains documents not connected with the activities of the parish. There is even a royal document from the time of Stanislaw II August Poniatowski concerning the local guild of furriers. The observations carried out in the archive and library allow important recommendations to be made concerning the safeguarding of the collection with suitable storage conditions.

“Slavic World: Commonality and Diversity” Young Scholars Conference 13–14 October 2020. Session “Literary studies. Cultural history”

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 255-259
Author(s):  
Natalia A. Lunkova
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
Slavic Languages ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Culture ◽  
Public Organisations ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time ◽  
Young Researchers

The Young Scholars Conference at the Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, has been held since 2014. In 2020, the organisers had to change the previous timing of the event –it had previously been timed to correspond with the Day of Slavic Writing and Culture (May 24th), but for the first time it was not held in May but in October. The format of the Conference was also changed: the participants made their presentations remotely on the ZOOM platform. As usual, there were three broad topic areas: “History”, “Linguistics”, and “Literary Studies. The History of Culture”. The wide geographical coverage of the participants should be mentioned. This year, young scholars from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Kirov, Rostov-on-don, Chisinau (Moldova), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Macerata (Italy), and Minsk (Belarus) presented their research. Historians discussed many issues, including the problems of governance and modernisation in multinational states, memory policy in Slavic countries, and the role of parties and public organisations in overcoming crises. The section “Literary Studies. The History of Culture” focused on the reception and translation of works in Slavic languages and the problems of poetics in literature and cinema. Linguists paid attention to issues surrounding the grammar of modern Slavic languages, dialectology, and paleoslavistics. Moderators’ comments made the Conference, as usual, a kind of “school” for the young researchers. The conference proceedings have been published.

Anglicisms in French—Notes on their Chronology, Range, and Reception

PMLA ◽  
1947 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 1153-1177
Author(s):  
Stephen de Ullmann
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
General Framework ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Good Deal ◽  
Accurate Method ◽  
The Political ◽  
Careful Scrutiny ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Europe

The large volume of literature on foreign elements in English has not been matched so far by enquiries on a comparable scale into the history of English words abroad. The disproportion is indeed so great that it is apt to give an erroneous idea of the balance sheet of linguistic debit and credit. Studies of lexicological expansion are still in their infancy; and in this particular case, the chronology and character of the process may have acted as a deterrent. England's prestige and influence began to make themselves felt at the very end of the seventeenth century and quickly reached a climax in the eighteenth. By that time, however, all Western languages had developed too far, and their speakers had become too language conscious, for the newcomer to make any lasting and decisive impression. Most Anglicisms would seem at first sight superficial, easy to detect, and without any serious problems for the student of diachronistic linguistics. Nevertheless, a synthesis is urgently required, for the late inception of the process does not lessen in any way its paramount significance in the political and cultural history of Europe, and the most tangible and accurate method devised so far for a structural analysis of such influences consists in careful scrutiny of their linguistic deposit. The general framework of such a comprehensive survey has been outlined by L. P. Smith,1 while a good deal of valuable spadework has been accomplished in French and German, and to some extent in Dutch and Italian.2 To undertake a synthesis would be therefore distinctly premature; but in French at least, sufficient data are available to attempt a piecing together of the picture.

scholarly journals De Holocausto (1978) a Chernobyl (2019): ¿Qué puede hacer el audiovisual ante un pasado traumático y un futuro amenazado?

Acta Poética ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-37
Author(s):  
Ilana Feldman ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
State Violence ◽  
The State ◽  
Cultural Field ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time

Retracing the cultural history of the reception of the TV series Holocaust (1978) as it redefined the politics of the State and put the testimony for the first time at the centre of the cultural field, undermining how the Jewish genocide was perceived until then, the article aims at discuss —by the contributions of Annette Wieviorka and Georges Didi-Huberman, among others— through a comparison with the hbo series Chernobyl (2019) and other cinematographic productions, what audio-visual is capable of in front of different forms of State violence, of a traumatic past and of a threatened future.

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