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"The interplay between nature, science, and art in antiquity and the early modern period differs significantly from late modern expectations. In this book scholars from ancient studies as well as early modern studies, art history, literary criticism, philosophy, and the history of science, explore that interplay in several influential ancient texts and their reception in the Renaissance. The Natural History of Pliny, De Architectura of Vitruvius, De Rerum Natura of Lucretius, Automata of Hero, and Timaios of Plato among other texts reveal how fields of inquiry now considered distinct were originally understood as closely interrelated. In our choice of texts, we focus on materialistic theories of nature, knowledge, and art that remain underappreciated in ancient and early modern studies even today"--

The "Symposion" project was launched in 2008 through collaboration between the Centre for the Strategic Development of the Italian Wine Sector (U niCeSV) of the University of Florence, within the framework of the activities of the Culture and Territory Observatory, and the Tuscan Archaeological Commission (National Archaeological Museum of Florence). The project involves the promotion of seminars and conferences, both in Italy and abroad, accompanied by exhibitions and special publications offering insight into issues related to the presence of the vine and wine among the peoples of the Mediterranean area, from prehistoric times up to the present, and analysis of the significance of the close relationship between product, land and culture.

Millenniumpursues an interdisciplinaryapproach transcending historical eras. The international editorial board and the advisory board represent a wide range of disciplines - contributions from art and literary studies are just as welcome as historical, theological and philosophical disciplines; contributions onLatin and Greek cultures just as welcome as on Oriental cultures.

The volume reconstructs the role of the "art objects" in the renewal of identity (social, political and cultural) of the Mannelli family, among the oldest families of the Florentine patriciate. During the 17th Century the main exponents adopted a lifestyle inspired by the Medici court, gradually dismantling, but at different times, the dress of the merchant. The analysis of the main town and countryside residences and of the displaying of the objects of art, conducted on a documentary basis and with the "display of art" critical tools, returns the fundamental stages of the renewal process and, together with numerous autonomous episodes of unpublished patronage and collecting, the emergence of common narrative strategies of historical and political identity through art objects.