Giovanni de la Fontana, engineer and magician
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna
TL;DR
This paper explores Giovanni de la Fontana's role as a Renaissance engineer and magician, highlighting his innovative use of engineering to mimic magic and his contributions to early scientific practices.
Contribution
It reveals how Giovanni de la Fontana integrated engineering and illusion to create early forms of artificial magic during the Renaissance.
Findings
Giovanni de la Fontana developed engineering devices mimicking magical effects.
He contributed to the intersection of science and illusion in the Renaissance.
His work exemplifies early technological approaches to entertainment and science.
Abstract
Giovanni de la Fontana was a man of the Italian Renaissance of the early fifteenth-century. Besides becoming a doctor of medicine, he was an engineer who used his skills to mimic the magicians, creating a sort of "artificial magic".
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Taxonomy
TopicsHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · History of Medicine Studies