The Renaissance rediscovery of linear perspective

The Renaissance rediscovery of linear perspective / Samuel Y. Edgerton, Jr.

An evaluative account of the rediscovery of geometric linear perspective in fifteenth-century Italy, the artists, architects, and mathematicians who studied and applied its principles, and its pervasive impact on Rennaissance and post-Renaissance life.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edgerton, Samuel Y. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, [1975]
Subjects:
Perspective > History.
Visual perception > History.
Perspective
Visual perception
Meetkunde.
Perspectief.
Renaissance.
History
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Description
Summary:An evaluative account of the rediscovery of geometric linear perspective in fifteenth-century Italy, the artists, architects, and mathematicians who studied and applied its principles, and its pervasive impact on Rennaissance and post-Renaissance life.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 206 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-193) and index.
ISBN:0465069150
9780465069156
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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