Main entry:

Andersen, Kirsti.

Title & Author:

The geometry of an art : the history of the mathematical theory of perspective from Alberti to Monge / Kirsti Andersen.

Publication:

New York ; London : Springer, ©2007.

Description:

xxxvii, 812 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Series:

Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Notes to the reader -- ch. 1. The birth of perspective -- ch. 2. Alberti and Piero della Francesca -- ch. 3. Leonardo da Vinci -- ch. 4. Italy in the cinquecento -- ch. 5. North of the Alps before 1600 -- ch. 6. The birth of the mathematical theory of perspective Guidobaldo and Stevin -- ch. 7. The Dutch development after Stevin -- ch. 8. Italy after Guidobaldo -- ch. 9. France and the southern Netherlands after 1600 -- ch. 10. Britain -- ch. 11. The German-speaking areas after 1600 -- ch. 12. Lambert -- ch. 13. Monge closing a circle -- ch. 14. Summing up -- Appendix 1 : On ancient roots of perspective -- Appendix 2 : The appearance of a rectangle à la Leonardo da Vinci -- Appendix 3 : 'sGravesande taking recourse to the infinitesimal calculus to draw a column base in perspective -- Appendix 4 : The perspective sources listed countrywise in chronological order -- First bibliography. Pre-nineteenth century publications on perspective -- Second bibliography. Supplementary literature -- Index -- Illustration credits.

Summary:

"This monograph is primarily concerned with describing the development of the geometry behind perspective, as well as how emerging insights within the mathematical theory of perspective influenced the way the discipline was presented in textbooks between the years 1435-1800. In order to shed light on these themes, the author has chosen to focus on a number of key questions, including: How did geometrical constructions of perspective images evolve, and how were they understood mathematically? How did geometrical constructions give rise to a mathematical theory of perspective? Was there any interplay between the developments of the mathematical theory of perspective and other branches of geometry? How did mathematicians and the practitioners of perspective interact?"--Page 4 of cover.

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ISBN:

9780387259611 (acid-free paper)
0387259619 (acid-free paper)

Subject:

Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 Trattato della pittura
Piero della Francesca 1416-1492 De prospectiva pingendi
Alberti, Leon Battista 1404-1472
Del Monte, Guido Ubaldo 1545-1607 Perspectiva
Perspective.
perspective (technique)
linear perspective (technique)
Kunst
Geometrie
Perspektive

Added entries:

Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 253216
Call No.: BIB 182920
Status: Available