Mirror, the window, and the telescope, the: how renaissance linear perspective changed our vision of the universe
Auteur :
Edgerton, Samuel Y.
Éditeur :
Cornell University Press
ISBN :
9780801447587
Date de publication :
15 févr. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Paper over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Edgerton shows how linear perspective emerged in early fifteenth-century Florence out of an artistic and religious context in which devout Christians longed for divine presence in their daily lives and ultimately undermined medieval Christian cosmology.