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The polyhedrists : art and geometry in the long sixteenth century / Noam Andrews.

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Тип Материала
Книга
Автор
Andrews, Noam,
Издательство
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]
Издательство
©2022

Дополнительная Информация

Описание
294 pages: illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Библиография
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Содержание
Rhombicosidodecahedra -- Corpora regulata et irregulata -- Instruction in measurement -- Geometria and the Lehrbuch -- Lover of the art of perspective -- Cut apart in many ways -- The violence of whimsy -- Epilogue. Corpora irregulata et regulata.
Summary
"The Polyhedrists offers a critical history of the development of geometry in the early modern period, and explores the role of the platonic solids in late Renaissance art and culture"-- Provided by publisher.
Биография
Noam Andrews, a historian and architect, is Research Fellow in the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy at Ghent University, Belgium.
Награды
DAM Architectural Book Award, 2022
Тема
Polyhedra in art.
Geometry -- Europe -- History -- 16th century.
Geometry -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
Geometry in art.
Art, Renaissance.
Polyhedra.
polyhedra.
MATHEMATICS / General.
Art, Renaissance
Geometry
Geometry in art
Polyhedra
Polyhedra in art
Europe
Хронологический Термин
1500-1699
Индексированный Термин
1500-1699
Жанр/Форма
History
Дополнительное заглавие
Art and geometry in the long sixteenth century
ISBN
9780262046640 (paperback)
0262046644 (paperback)