Leon Battista Alberti, Elementi di pittura

Kim Williams (), Lionel March () and Stephen R. Wassell ()
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Kim Williams: Kim Williams Books
Lionel March: University of Cambridge, The Martin Centre
Stephen R. Wassell: Sweet Briar College, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences

A chapter in The Mathematical Works of Leon Battista Alberti, 2010, pp 141-168 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Have you ever seen a blind man teach the way to someone who sees? Here with these briefest of notes, which we call Elements, you will see that someone who perhaps does not himself know how to draw can show the true and sure reasoning and the way to become a perfect draughtsman, as long as you don’t shy away from learning that which you judge to be impossible. First try to see if you can do it, and then judge our erudition and your acumen as you will. Trying, you’ll believe me, and believing me you’ll take delight in knowing them all. Do like this, and love me.1

Keywords: Concentric Area; Curve Line; Concentric Circle; Italian Version; Mathematical Work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0346-0474-1_3

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