Perspective in António Rodrigues’s Tratado de Arquitectura

João Pedro Xavier ()
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João Pedro Xavier: Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

Chapter Chapter 52 in Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future, 2015, pp 73-91 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The significance of the Liuro de Perspectiva (Book of Perspective), attributed to António Rodrigues, lies mainly in the introduction of an innovative perspective rule designed to solve questions raised by the propagation of inaccuracies and insufficiencies of previous methods. However, the author’s scientific limitations prevented him from fully understanding the enormous potential of his geometrically accurate construction. Decoding and verifying the validity of this peculiar perspective rule leads to the center of the debate surrounding the origins of perspectiva artificialis. Rodrigues’s work demonstrates a striking fidelity to central perspective, especially obvious in one centrally-planned composition with ad quadratum and ad circulum geometry. Rodrigues’s own Onze Mil Virgens Chapel, built some time before 1565 in Alcácer do Sal is a prime example of these concepts.

Keywords: Perspective Representation; Representational System; Picture Plane; Architectural Treatise; Central Perspective (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-00143-2_5

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