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how Renaissance linear perspective changed our vision of the universe

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how Renaissance linear perspective changed our vision of the universe

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Cornell University Press
Language
English
Pages
199

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Subjects
History, Perspective, Renaissance Art, Visual perception, Art, renaissance

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The mirror, the window, and the telescope: how Renaissance linear perspective changed our vision of the universe
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Table of Contents

Introduction: picturing the mind's eye
Crisis in Christendom
"And God said: let there be light!" perspectiva naturalis
Fra Antonino
When did perspectiva naturalis become perspectiva artificialis?
Brunelleschi's mirror
Brunelleschi's method
Brunelleschi's second perspective panel
Brunelleschi's legacy: Masaccio's trinity
"Oh, che dolce cosa è questa prospettiva!" Donatello and Masaccio
More Masaccio, Masolino, and even Fra Angelico
Alberti's method
Alberti's window
Alberti's legacy: Raphael's stanza della segnatura and beyond
Galileo's "perspective tube"
Postface: post perspectivam.

Edition Notes

Update and sequel to: The Renaissance rediscovery of linear perspective.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
701/.8209455109024
Library of Congress
NC748 .E34 2009, NC748.E34 2009

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
199

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OL17030167M
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mirrorwindowtele00edge
ISBN 13
9780801447587, 9780801474804
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2008031951
OCLC/WorldCat
237788691
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8164529
Goodreads
6867867
6558270

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