Between Raphael and Galileo: Mutio Oddi and the Mathematical Culture of Late Renaissance Italy

Contents\nFigures\nAcknowledgments\nNote on Quotations\nPrologue. Quell’otio della prigione\nIntroduction\nPart I. Locating Mathematics\nIntroduction\nChapter 1 Patria, Exile, and uomini illustri\nPart II Teaching Mathematics\nIntroduction\nChapter 2 Public Lectures and Private Pupils: Mathematics Teaching in Milan\nChapter 3 Amicizia and Optics: A Mathematics Lesson Portrayed\nPart III Consuming Mathematics\nChapter 4 Practical Mathematics in Print\nChapter 5 Instruments, Markets, and Mediators\nPart IV Mathematics and the Arts of Design\nIntroduction\nChapter 6 Disegno: From Drawings to the Cosmic System\nEpilogue The Return of Mutio Oddi\nHistoriographical Note on the Urbino School of Mathematicians\nAppendix A: Mutio Oddi’s Pupils in Mathematics, 1612–1624\nAppendix B: Distribution List for Dello squadro trattato (1625)\nAppendix C: Instruments of Urbino’s Officina di strumenti matematici\nNotes\nBibliography\nIndex