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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85833002 Title: The geometry of an art : the history of the mathematical theory of perspective from Alberti to Monge Author: Kirsti Andersen Publisher: New York ; London : Springer, ©2007. ISBN/ISSN: 9780387259611 0387259619 OCLC:85833002

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The geometry of an art : the history of the mathematical theory of perspective from Alberti to Monge

Author:	Kirsti Andersen
Publisher:	New York ; London : Springer, ©2007.
Series:	Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences
Edition/Format:	Book : English
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Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Kirsti Andersen Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780387259611 0387259619
OCLC Number:	85833002
Description:	xxxvii, 812 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:	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.
Series Title:	Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences
Responsibility:	Kirsti Andersen.
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