The mirror, the window, and the telescope : how Renaissance linear perspective changed our vision of the universe
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&#...
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| Language: | English |
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Ithaca ; London
: Cornell University Press
, 2009
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The renaissance rediscovery of linear perspective Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Samuel Y. Edgerton, The mirror, the window and the telescope. How Renaissance linear perspective changed the vision of the universe] |
| Author Notes: | Samuel Y. Edgerton |
| Summary: | 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 heritage: 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 |
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| Item Description: | "In my earlier [book] 'Renaissance Rediscovery of Linear Perspective', first published in 1975, [...]." (Preface, Seite xiii) "My new book is thus both an update and a sequel." (Preface, Seite xiv) Literaturverzeichnis Seite 185-191 Mit Register Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke "First published 2009 by Cornell University Press. First printing, Cornell paperbacks, 2009" (Seite [iv]) |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 199 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780801447587 0801447585 9780801474804 0801474809 |
