Lecture 2 - MIT OpenCourseWare

Contraptions for Viewing, Drawing and Geometry
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Two draughtsmen plotting points for the drawing of a lute in
fore-shortening, from Durer’s Underweyssung, 1525.
Kemp, Science of Art, 1990
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Kemp, Science of Art, 1990
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Leonardo da Vinci, Draughtsman using a Transparent Plane to Draw an Armillary
Sphere, c.1510, Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Codice Atlantico Ira (new 5).
Kemp, Science of Art, 1990
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Sighting device for perspectival projection, from Cigoli’s “Prospettiva pratica”.
Kemp, Science of Art, 1990.
Cross-staff device for perspectival projection, from Cigoli’s “Prospettiva pratica”.
Kemp, Science of Art, 1990.
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La perspective avec la raison des ombres et miroirs , Salomon de Caus London, 1612.
Right, Mirror A, Eyepiece viewing hole D, from Stevin, Optics,1605, in his Oevres
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Vignola, 1507-1573. Les deux règles de la perspective pratique de Vignole, 1583
Egnatio Danti (Paris : CNRS, 2003 reprint).
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Vignola, 1507-1573. Les deux règles de la perspective pratique de Vignole, 1583
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Vignola, 1507-1573. Les deux règles de la perspective pratique de Vignole, 1583
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Vignola, 1507-1573. Les deux règles de la perspective pratique de Vignole, 1583
Egnatio Danti
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Les deux règles de la perspective pratique de Vignole, 1583 /
Egnatio Danti ; traduction et édition critique par Pascal
Dubourg Glatigny.
Vignola, 1507-1573. Les deux règles de la perspective pratique de Vignole, 1583
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Vignola, 1507-1573. Les deux règles de la perspective pratique de Vignole, 1583
Egnatio Danti
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