Art and Geometry: A Study in Space Intuitions - Couverture rigide

Ivins Jr, William M

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0674184556 ISBN 13 : 9780674184558

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 1946

Synopsis

One of Western civilization's jealously guarded myths is that of Greek tural supremacy. In this controversial study, William Ivins shows that the limitations of the Greek worldw actually hampered the development of the arts and sciences and gives a stimulating history of the new ideas of the Renaissance, especially in painting and geometry, that freed us from ancient misconceptions. Beginning with the Greeks, the author explains for the general reader the differences between ancient and Renaissance painting and spture, proving that the curiously static quality of Greek art arose from a misunderstanding of the laws of perspective. He then shows how this misunderstanding was corrected by Alberti, Pelerin, Durer, and other Renaissance artists who provided the first fruitful investigations of perspective. From there to projective geometry was but a step, and the author covers this major advance in our knowledge through the work of Nicholas of Cusa, Kepler, and Desargues. This book is perhaps the only concise history in English of the development of mathematical perspective and projective geometry. But the author's ability to relate styles in art to advances in geometry and his ingenious theory of the modern ual worldw and the Greek tactile worldw mean that his book will be provocative not only to mathematical historians but also to art historians and to anyone concerned with the history of thought, from philosopher to layman.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This highly stimulating study observes many of the sometimes startling interrelationships between art and mathematics throughout history. It explains the differences between ancient and Renaissance painting and sculpture as well as the development of perspective and advances in projective geometry achieved by Nicholas of Cusa, Kepler, and Desargues.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 1946
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674184556
• ISBN 13: 9780674184558
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 145
• Coordonnées du fabricant: MORGAN WALLEN; www.amazon.com; ; 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg