An interdisciplinary approach to science education through history of art is proposed. The approach is innovative, as the artworks complement the history, philosophy and sociology of science contents to increase students' interest and motivation. The approach integrates humanities and science education through history of art, which requests interdisciplinary cooperation of the teachers of the school subjects involved with historical curriculum contents. The approach is elaborated through the case of Galileo's telescope, which provides specific features on the relationships between science and technology (scientific instrumentation applied to generate knowledge), nature of science, and science-technology-society relationships, where history and art meet each other. Further, history of art contributes some contemporary artworks on Galileo case that highlight all those relationships. The explicitness, perception, beauty and accessibility of the paintings may also be a key element to develop teachers' and students' interest and motivation in teaching and learning science through its integration with history of art. Finally, the interdisciplinary educational approach develops a teaching-learning sequence on the basis of Galileo's telescope to guide teaching the issue in science education through history of art. This didactic exemplification elaborates some aims, contents, resources and activities throughout the human, social, philosophical, artistic, scientific and historical aspects involved in the case of Galileo that teachers must adapt to specific subjects, degree and students.

The engineer Bautista Antonelli's (Gatteo, c.1545 -Madrid, 1616 unpublished testament is a precious document as its terms reveal interesting information about his biographical and professional features. On the one hand, Bautista's constant and strong professional awareness runs throughout the document due to his own lifelong dedication and his sense of belonging to a family of military engineers. On the other hand, this testament allows an analysis of the links that Bautista kept in the twilight of his life with certain places (Madrid, Gatteo, Alicante and Havana), as well as mapping his relationships with some important personalities of the time such as the engineer Antón Coll or Antonio de Herrera, who was secretary of Vespasian Gonzaga. Summing up, the testament sheds light on the complex figure of Bautista, reveals new biographical and professional aspects and contributes to a better understanding of his poliorceticon work in the Mediterranean and American areas.Keywords: Bautista Antonelli, testament, military engineering, Antonio de Herrera. En el estado actual de los conocimientos en torno a la figura de Bautista Antonelli, este documento aporta nuevas informaciones sobre los aspectos que la historiografía reciente coincide en señalar como los más desconocidos de este ingeniero: los detalles biográficos y la actividad profesional desarrollada en el ocaso de sus días (Sartor, 2004).Así, su testamento, inédito hasta la fecha, se revela como un precioso documento en el que bajo las cláusulas del mismo se recogen interesantes aspectos tanto biográficos como profesionales. Consideraciones en torno a la profesión de ingeniero contenidas en el testamento de Bautista AntonelliEn primer lugar, debe destacarse cómo la marcada conciencia profesional de Bautista va a ser una constante que recorre todo el documento. En este sentido, debe tenerse en cuenta que la carrera profesional del menor de los Antonelli se desarrolla fundamentalmente a lo largo de las tres últimas décadas del siglo XVI y los primeros quince años del XVII, un momento determinante en la configuración de la imagen profesional de los ingenieros militares caracterizado por el debate entre ciencia y experiencia en el que se hallaba inmersa la profesión. En este contexto, Bautista Antonelli dejará patente en reiteradas ocasiones en su testamento la dignidad que le confería el ostentar un cargo de tal relevancia como era el de Ingeniero del Rey, dependiente del Consejo de Guerra, y que garantizaba unos ingresos fijos y

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