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245 10 a| Geometry, proportion, and the art of lutherie :b| a study of the use and aesthetic significance of geometry and numerical proportion in the design of European bowed and plucked string instruments in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries /c| Kevin Coates.;

260 a| Oxford :b| Clarendon Press,c| 1985.;

300 a| viii, 178 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 32 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

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338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Includes index.;

504 a| Bibliography: pages 175-176.;

505 0 a| 1. Introduction -- 2. A mathematical background -- 3. Geometry, a short history -- 4. Proportion: Types of proportion ; Rational and irrational numbers ; Golden section, and the Fibonacci numbers ; The root proportional ; The vesica piscis ; The ionic volute in the geometry of the head ; Systems of measurement -- 5. The instruments: The drawings ; The analyses ; Categorization ; Selection of examples -- 6. Analysis of instrument examples: Viols: Bass viol, Pelegrino di Zanetto (c. 1550) ; Treble viol, Giovanni Maria da Brescia (c. 1575) ; Bass viol, Battista Ciciliano (c. 1590) ; Tenor viol, Henry Jaye (1667) ; Bass viol, Joachim Tielke (c. 1700) ; Pardessus de viole, Louis Guersan (1759). Liras da braccio: Lira da braccio, Giovanni Maria da Brescia (c. 1575) ; Lira da braccio, Gasparo da Salò (c. 1585) ; Lira da braccio (maker unkown) (c. 1570). Violins (viola, violoncello): Violin (small model), Andrea Amati (1564) ; Violin, Nicola Amati (c. 1670) ; Violin, Antonio Stradivari (1666) ; Violin, Antonio Stradivari (1703) ; Viola, Giovanni Paolo Maggini (c. 1610) ; violoncello, Barak Norman (1718). Violas d'amore: Viola d'amore (maker unkown) (c. 1750) ; English violet, Paulus Alletsee (1724). Kits or pochettes: Pochette, Gaspar Borbon (1686) ; Pochette d'amour, Battista Genova (c. 1760). Lutes: Lute (drawings), Henricus Arnault (c. 1460) ; Tenor lute, Hans Frei (c. 1550) ; Alto lute, Giovanni Hieber (c. 1580) ; Chitarrone, Matteo Buechenberg (1614) ; Theorbo, Jacobus Henricus Goldt (1734) ; Theorbo, Michael Rauche (1762). Mandore and mandolines : Mandore (maker unknown) (c. 1640) ; Milanese mandoline, attr. Antonio Stradivari (c. 1710) ; Neapolitan mandoline, Johannes Vinaccia (1753). Citterns: Cittern (maker unknown) (c. 1650?) ; Bell cittern, Joachim Tielke (1676). Guitars: Guitar, Belchio Diaz (1582) ; Guitar, Christopho Cocho (1602) ; Chitarra battente/guitar, Mango Longo (1624) -- 7. Summary of analyses -- 8. Observations -- 9. Conclusions.;

520 a| This study explores a controversial aspect of Western musical instrument design, establishing beyond question that the familiar stringed instrument outlines developed between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries were not arbitrary, intuitive shapes drawn within acoustically efficient frameworks, but were designs following a profoundly considered manipulation of plane geometry and numerical proportion. The central core of the work is the detailed step-by-step design analysis of thirty-three important historic instrument examples covering all main categories of stringed musical instruments of the period.;

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Geometry, proportion, and the art of lutherie : a study of the use and aesthetic significance of geometry and numerical proportion in the design of European bowed and plucked string instruments in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries / Kevin Coates.

Author/creator	Coates, Kevin, 1950-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1985.
Description	viii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Subjects	Bowed stringed instruments--Construction. Stringed instruments--Construction. Plucked instruments--Construction. Geometry. Ratio and proportion.

Contents	1. Introduction -- 2. A mathematical background -- 3. Geometry, a short history -- 4. Proportion: Types of proportion ; Rational and irrational numbers ; Golden section, and the Fibonacci numbers ; The root proportional ; The vesica piscis ; The ionic volute in the geometry of the head ; Systems of measurement -- 5. The instruments: The drawings ; The analyses ; Categorization ; Selection of examples -- 6. Analysis of instrument examples: Viols: Bass viol, Pelegrino di Zanetto (c. 1550) ; Treble viol, Giovanni Maria da Brescia (c. 1575) ; Bass viol, Battista Ciciliano (c. 1590) ; Tenor viol, Henry Jaye (1667) ; Bass viol, Joachim Tielke (c. 1700) ; Pardessus de viole, Louis Guersan (1759). Liras da braccio: Lira da braccio, Giovanni Maria da Brescia (c. 1575) ; Lira da braccio, Gasparo da Salò (c. 1585) ; Lira da braccio (maker unkown) (c. 1570). Violins (viola, violoncello): Violin (small model), Andrea Amati (1564) ; Violin, Nicola Amati (c. 1670) ; Violin, Antonio Stradivari (1666) ; Violin, Antonio Stradivari (1703) ; Viola, Giovanni Paolo Maggini (c. 1610) ; violoncello, Barak Norman (1718). Violas d'amore: Viola d'amore (maker unkown) (c. 1750) ; English violet, Paulus Alletsee (1724). Kits or pochettes: Pochette, Gaspar Borbon (1686) ; Pochette d'amour, Battista Genova (c. 1760). Lutes: Lute (drawings), Henricus Arnault (c. 1460) ; Tenor lute, Hans Frei (c. 1550) ; Alto lute, Giovanni Hieber (c. 1580) ; Chitarrone, Matteo Buechenberg (1614) ; Theorbo, Jacobus Henricus Goldt (1734) ; Theorbo, Michael Rauche (1762). Mandore and mandolines : Mandore (maker unknown) (c. 1640) ; Milanese mandoline, attr. Antonio Stradivari (c. 1710) ; Neapolitan mandoline, Johannes Vinaccia (1753). Citterns: Cittern (maker unknown) (c. 1650?) ; Bell cittern, Joachim Tielke (1676). Guitars: Guitar, Belchio Diaz (1582) ; Guitar, Christopho Cocho (1602) ; Chitarra battente/guitar, Mango Longo (1624) -- 7. Summary of analyses -- 8. Observations -- 9. Conclusions.
Abstract	This study explores a controversial aspect of Western musical instrument design, establishing beyond question that the familiar stringed instrument outlines developed between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries were not arbitrary, intuitive shapes drawn within acoustically efficient frameworks, but were designs following a profoundly considered manipulation of plane geometry and numerical proportion. The central core of the work is the detailed step-by-step design analysis of thirty-three important historic instrument examples covering all main categories of stringed musical instruments of the period.
General note	Includes index.
Bibliography note	Bibliography: pages 175-176.
LCCN	83023611
ISBN	0198161395 :

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