History paper

Please view the film: "Leonardo DaVinci The Man Who Wanted To Know Everything" (Feel free to skip the re-creation of his parachute and tank); Available at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rog5i2n1QVs

   And read: Pamela O. Long, “Power, Patronage, and the Authorship of Ars: From Mechanical Know-How to Mechanical Knowledge in the Last Scribal Age,” Isis , Vol. 88, No. 1 (Mar., 1997), pp. 1-41. Also, read the Ch.1 of Misa.

  Then discuss:  In her essay, Long examines many topics mentioned in lecture and in Misa's chapter (patronage, Alberti, Da Vinci and DiGiorgio etc).  She focus on several aspects of this history: 1) the importance of the printing press over the scribal system, 2) the power relationship between artisans and the various elite princes, and others.  

Please discuss both:

   A) Choose one of the authors she covers and discuss how her discussion of this person's book(s) relates to these topics; and

   B) Based on the film Leonardo DaVinci discuss how he fits into Long’s discussion of Prince Practitioners?

***Use specific examples from Misa, Long, the Film and the lecture as needed to support your argument.  Cite these so I can tell where you are getting your information, for example: (Misa, P. XX), (Long, pp. xx-xx), and/or refer to a specific scene in the film or slide in the lecture.

This paper need to be 350-450 words.