History short essay

250-350 words 

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, available in the Readings Folder and on JSTOR at:http://www.jstor.org/stable/235824

  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 three 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.  A) Choose one of the authors she covers and discuss how her discussion of this person's book(s) relates to these topics.  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 my lecture as needed to support your argument.  Cite these so I can tell where you are getting your informations, for example: (Misa, P. XX), (Long, pp. xx-xx), and/or refer to a specific scene in the film or slide in the lecture.