Camillo Agrippa, who lived from 1520 to 1600, was a fencer, architect, engineer and mathematician of the Renaissance, born in Milan but active in Rome in the circle around Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. He is best known for applying geometric theory to armed combat. His Treatise on the Science of Arms with Philosophical Dialogue, published in 1553, argued for holding the sword in front of the body, reduced the eleven guards of Achille Marozzo to four and helped turn the rapier into a primarily thrusting weapon, which makes him one of the foremost theorists of fencing. He also wrote a later treatise on transporting the obelisk to the Piazza San Pietro.
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He is considered to be one of the greatest fencing theorists of all time. == Biography == Though born in Milan, Agrippa lived and worked in Rome, where he was associated with the Confraternity of St.
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He is considered to be one of the greatest fencing theorists of all time. == Biography == Though born in Milan, Agrippa lived and worked in Rome, where he was associated with the Confraternity of St.
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Camillo Agrippa (1520-1 January 1600) was a noted fencer, architect, engineer and mathematician of the Renaissance.
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He is considered to be one of the greatest fencing theorists of all time. == Biography == Though born in Milan, Agrippa lived and worked in Rome, where he was associated with the Confraternity of St.
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Camillo Agrippa (1520-1 January 1600) was a noted fencer, architect, engineer and mathematician of the Renaissance.
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