The Geometry of an Art

The History of the Mathematical Theory of Perspective from Alberti to Monge

Kirsti Andersen - Collection Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences

820 pages, parution le 10/01/2007

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This book aims at giving a comprehensive review of literature on perspective constructions from the Renaissance to the end of the eighteenth century. Covering the work of some 175 authors, it treats the emergence of the various methods of constructing perspective, the development of the theories underlying the constructions, the communication between mathematicians and artisans in these developments, and the interactions between these theories and various subjects in mathematical geometry. The main protagonists are Peiro della Francesca, Guidobaldo del Monte, Simon Stevin, Brook Taylor, and Johann Heinrich Lambert. The book includes a comprehensive bibliography of books and manuscripts on perspective.

Written for: Historians of science, art historians

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The birth of perspective
Alberti and Piero della Francesca
Leonardo da Vinci
Italy in the cinquecento
North of the Alps before 1600
The birth of the mathematical theory of perspective Guidobaldo and Stevin
The Dutch development after Stevin
Italy after Guidobaldo
France and the Southern Netherlands after 1600
Britain
The German-speaking areas after 1600
Lambert
Monge closing a circle
Summing up

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Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Kirsti Andersen
Collection	Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Parution	10/01/2007
Nb. de pages	820
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1330g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780387259611
ISBN13	978-0-387-25961-1