The Arts of Industry in the Age of Enlightenment

by Celina Fox (Author), Celina Fox (Author)

• Used

  Illustrated
  2010

  $26.47

  The arts of industry encompassed both liberal and mechanical realms. This title argues that mechanics and artisans used four principal means to describe and rationalize their work: drawing, model-making, societies and publications. It also examines the status of the mechanical arts from the medieval period to the seventeenth century.

• New

  Illustrated
  2010

  $49.09

  The arts of industry encompassed both liberal and mechanical realms. This title argues that mechanics and artisans used four principal means to describe and rationalize their work: drawing, model-making, societies and publications. It also examines the status of the mechanical arts from the medieval period to the seventeenth century.