Back in Episode 24, I made a what-might-seem-bold claim about a certain method being the best tool we have to understand reality, with Episode 32 being one case in point. Today, I’ll explore another one - an altogether more visual one.

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Further Reading & Reference

* Ruggiero, Guido. (2015). The Renaissance in Italy: A Social and Cultural History of the Rinascimento. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1107032545.

* Galluzzi, Paolo. (2020). The Italian Renaissance of Machines. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674984394.

* Brotton, Jerry. (2006). The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0192801630.

* Brotton, Jerry. (2002). The Renaissance Bazaar. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0192802651.

* Jardine, Lisa; Brotton. (2000). Global Interests: Renaissance Art between East and West. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1861891662.

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