The mirror, the window, and the telescope : how Renaissance linear perspective changed our vision of the universe / Samuel Y. Edgerton.

Author/creator Edgerton, Samuel Y.
Other author Edgerton, Samuel Y.
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Descriptionxvi, 199 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Perspective--History.
Visual perception--History.
Art, Renaissance.

SeriesCornell paperbacks
Cornell paperbacks. ^A770796
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 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.
General noteUpdate and sequel to: The Renaissance rediscovery of linear perspective.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 185-191) and index.
LCCN 2008031951
ISBN9780801447587 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0801447585 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780801474804 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0801474809 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks NC 748 .E34 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold