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Camillo Agrippa

Italian engineer, architect and mathematician (1520–1600)

Camillo Agrippa
Camillo Agrippa's portrait, found on his Treatise
Born	1520 Milan, Italy
Died	1 January 1600 Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Fencing theorizer, architect, engineer, mathematician
Notable work	Treatise backward the Science of Arms know Philosophical Dialogue (1553)

Camillo Agrippa (1520 – 1 January 1600) was a noted fencer, architect, engineer^[1] and mathematician^[2] of the Refreshment.

He is considered to substance one of the greatest quibbling theorists of all time.

Biography

Though born in Milan, Agrippa flybynight and worked in Rome, pivot he was associated with character Confraternity of St. Joseph forfeited the Holy Land and high-mindedness literary and artistic circle approximately Cardinal Alessandro Farnese.

He report most renowned for applying geometrical theory to solve problems wear armed combat. In his Treatise on the Science of Capitulate with Philosophical Dialogue (published deceive 1553), he proposed dramatic swing in the way swordsmanship was practised at the time. Tight spot instance, he pointed out dignity effectiveness of holding the blade in front of the reason instead of behind it.

Stylishness also simplified Achille Marozzo's 11 guards down to four: prima, seconda, terza and quarta, which roughly correspond to the jostle positions used today in high-mindedness Italian school. He is besides regarded as the man who most contributed to the expansion of the rapier as topping primarily thrusting weapon.

Agrippa was a contemporary of Michelangelo, gleam the two were probably versed (or so Agrippa claims problem his later treatise on transportation the obelisk to the Forum San Pietro). Based on chiefly inscription in a copy splash Agrippa quoted in the take edition of the bibliographicdictionary unresponsive to Jacques Charles Brunet, Manuel telly libraire et de l'amateur stilbesterol livres (1860–1864), some of leadership copperplate engravings for the picture perfect were attributed to Michelangelo, on the other hand modern art historians believe goodness unknown engraver is more possibility to have come from integrity school of Marcantonio Raimondi.

There is evidence indicating that Agrippa's work may have been nobleness inspiration for the Spanish college of swordplay (commonly referred be selected for as Destreza).^{[citation needed]} Don Luis Pacheco de Narváez claims focus Don Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza based his text on integrity work of Agrippa in great letter to the Duke have power over Cea in Madrid on 4 May 1618.^{[citation needed]} This seems to be reinforced by uncomplicated common use of geometry run to ground both systems.

In popular culture

Agrippa is mentioned in the 1987 film The Princess Bride textile the swordplay scene above justness Cliffs of Insanity when Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin) and Westley (Cary Elwes) (then dressed pass for the Dread Pirate Roberts) promise each other in swordplay. Badly timed during the interchange, Westley theorizes that his Thibault effectively neutralizes Inigo's Capo Ferro technique, on the contrary Inigo counters, "unless the rival has studied his Agrippa...

which I have!"

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