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For a history of naval architecture: Mediterranean 15th-16th century.
RIETH Eric.

For a history of naval architecture: Mediterranean 15th-16th century.

CNRS
€26,00 €0,00
N° d'inventaire 28278
Format 15 x 23
Détails 296 p., illustrated, paperback.
Publication Paris, 2023
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782271146847
The history of the Renaissance has made room for the art of its great architects, Brunelleschi, Bramante, and Delorme. But it has had little or no regard for their maritime counterparts. The often demanding terms of the sea and naval architecture seem to form a sort of screen against our knowledge. Yet the maritime universe is part of history, of our cultural horizon. And even more so the Mediterranean, this complex of seas dear to Fernand Braudel. During the Renaissance, without ships, there would have been no trade between the shores of the Mediterranean, no intellectual exchanges, no wars.
Drawing on writings from the 15th and 16th centuries , as well as archaeological discoveries, this study re-examines the art of shipbuilding and shipwrighting. After a brief review of the techniques and their vocabulary, the reader is carried away in a detailed exploration of naval designs, to grasp their distant origins, innovations, but also secrets. Cross-referencing the sources, Éric Rieth lays the groundwork for a first history of Renaissance naval architecture, taking into account, with care and attention, the inextricable interweaving of Mediterranean navigation spaces. Actor and witness of history, the boat is the visible and tangible sign of a teeming civilization.
The history of the Renaissance has made room for the art of its great architects, Brunelleschi, Bramante, and Delorme. But it has had little or no regard for their maritime counterparts. The often demanding terms of the sea and naval architecture seem to form a sort of screen against our knowledge. Yet the maritime universe is part of history, of our cultural horizon. And even more so the Mediterranean, this complex of seas dear to Fernand Braudel. During the Renaissance, without ships, there would have been no trade between the shores of the Mediterranean, no intellectual exchanges, no wars.
Drawing on writings from the 15th and 16th centuries , as well as archaeological discoveries, this study re-examines the art of shipbuilding and shipwrighting. After a brief review of the techniques and their vocabulary, the reader is carried away in a detailed exploration of naval designs, to grasp their distant origins, innovations, but also secrets. Cross-referencing the sources, Éric Rieth lays the groundwork for a first history of Renaissance naval architecture, taking into account, with care and attention, the inextricable interweaving of Mediterranean navigation spaces. Actor and witness of history, the boat is the visible and tangible sign of a teeming civilization.