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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kirsti AndersenPublisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2007 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 1.288kg ISBN: 9781493938469ISBN 10: 1493938460 Pages: 814 Publication Date: 22 October 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsThe 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.ReviewsFrom the reviews: The book in question is a survey of the history of this subject ... . I do not know the author, but I came to trust her voice in the book, to trust her honesty and her judgments. I appreciated the clarity of her illustrations and her concern for the reader's understanding. I found the book to be carefully written, and I was impressed with the immense amount of work that must have gone into writing it. (Greg St. George, Zentralblatt fur Didaktik der Mathematik, Vol. 39, 2007) I was very pleased to find Kristi Andersen's book on the history of the geometrical evolution of perspective. ... Reading it from the point of view of someone who is interested in geometry as well as art, it is a fascinating book, but it also has much to offer the historian of mathematics. ... it is extremely well produced and researched and makes an invaluable contribution to the literature on perspective as well as the history of geometry. (John Sharp, Journal of Mathematics and the Arts, Vol. 1 (4), 2007) From the reviews: The book in question is a survey of the history of this subject ... . I do not know the author, but I came to trust her voice in the book, to trust her honesty and her judgments. I appreciated the clarity of her illustrations and her concern for the reader's understanding. I found the book to be carefully written, and I was impressed with the immense amount of work that must have gone into writing it. (Greg St. George, Zentralblatt fur Didaktik der Mathematik, Vol. 39, 2007) I was very pleased to find Kristi Andersen's book on the history of the geometrical evolution of perspective. ... Reading it from the point of view of someone who is interested in geometry as well as art, it is a fascinating book, but it also has much to offer the historian of mathematics. ... it is extremely well produced and researched and makes an invaluable contribution to the literature on perspective as well as the history of geometry. (John Sharp, Journal of Mathematics and the Arts, Vol. 1 (4), 2007) From the reviews: The book in question is a survey of the history of this subject . I do not know the author, but I came to trust her voice in the book, to trust her honesty and her judgments. I appreciated the clarity of her illustrations and her concern for the reader s understanding. I found the book to be carefully written, and I was impressed with the immense amount of work that must have gone into writing it. (Greg St. George, Zentralblatt fur Didaktik der Mathematik, Vol. 39, 2007) I was very pleased to find Kristi Andersen s book on the history of the geometrical evolution of perspective. Reading it from the point of view of someone who is interested in geometry as well as art, it is a fascinating book, but it also has much to offer the historian of mathematics. it is extremely well produced and researched and makes an invaluable contribution to the literature on perspective as well as the history of geometry. (John Sharp, Journal of Mathematics and the Arts, Vol. 1 (4), 2007) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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