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The Drawings of Machines by the Great Architects of the Renaissance and Baroque Eras

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The purpose of this paper is to try and analyse some of the drawings of construction site machinery designed and illustrated by some of the greatest Italian architects of the Renaissance and Baroque eras, such as FilippoBrunelleschi, Francesco di Giorgio Martini and Domenico Fontana.

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  1. Dep. of History, Drawing and Restoration of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Emanuela Chiavoni

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  1. , Department of Mathematics, VU University, De Boelelaan 1081, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Netherlands

    Teun Koetsier

  2. , Laboratory of Robotics & Mechatronics, University of Cassino, Via di Biasio 43, Cassino, 03043, Italy

    Marco Ceccarelli

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Chiavoni, E. (2012). The Drawings of Machines by the Great Architects of the Renaissance and Baroque Eras. In: Koetsier, T., Ceccarelli, M. (eds) Explorations in the History of Machines and Mechanisms. History of Mechanism and Machine Science, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4132-4_17

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