Hunting Secrets
Giovan Battista Della Porta and the Invention of Experimental Magic
- Edited by:
- Donato Verardi,
The volume collects the proceedings of the conference held at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice within the EU-funded MSCA project SECRETS. The volume investigates Giovan Battista Della Porta’s Magia naturalis (1589) as a cornerstone of early modern knowledge. Adopting a multidisci-plinary approach—from experimental science and epistemology to art, music, and gender—the contributions explore the complex “reform of magic” imple-mented by Della Porta. The essays analyze the work’s experimental back-ground, its use of ancient sources, and its reception in the seventeenth century. This collection offers a new perspective on how Magia naturalis re-defined the boundaries of nature and magic at the dawn of the modern age.
- Keywords:
- Giovan Battista Della Porta,
- Magia naturalis,
- Natural Magic,
- Experi-mental Science,
- History of Knowledge,
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0836-9
- Series: Knowledge and its Histories
- Scientific Board
- Language: English
- Subjects: Philosophy
Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-3625-1181
Donato Verardi
Giovan Battista Della Porta and the Invention of Experimental Magic: Collaborative Empiricism and the Dialectic of Disclosure and Secrecy- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.9-24
William Eamon
The Wizard of Naples: Science and Celebrity in the Renaissance and Beyond- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.25-44
Sergius Kodera
Fig-bulls, Bull-Cows, and Other Animals: The Vicissitudes of Renaissance Hieroglyphs in Giovan Battista Della Porta’s Natural Magic- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.45-69
Thibaut Rioult
The Secrets of Illusionism in Della Porta’s Natural Magic: Between Science, Mannerism and Magical Traditions- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.71-95
Romana Sammern, Sabrina Jocher
Health and Beauty in Della Porta’s Natural Magic- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.97-113
pp.115-130
Dana Jalobeanu
Making Della Porta a Baconian Philosopher: Magia naturalis in the Context of the English Experimental Philosophy- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.131-161
- Publication Year: 2025
- Pages: 168
- ISBN: 979-12-215-0835-2
- Content License: CC BY 4.0
- © 2025 Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Book Title
Hunting Secrets
Book Subtitle
Giovan Battista Della Porta and the Invention of Experimental Magic
Editors
Donato Verardi
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
168
Publication Year
2025
Copyright Information
© 2025 Author(s)
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Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0836-9
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0835-2
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0836-9
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-0837-6
Series Title
Knowledge and its Histories
Series ISSN
3035-5974
Series E-ISSN
3035-5923
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