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Diminuzioni e accrescimenti

Le misure dei maestri di prospettiva
  • Edited by:
  • Maria Teresa Bartoli,
  • Monica Lusoli,

The perspective in graphic arts was born with a different form than the one used to present it in today’s courses, and it developed along with the transformations of scientific thought. This study disassembles from the inside the perspective images of a series of works, and then assembles them again, using clear graphic elaborations to show every step of the process. The sequence of the essays illustrates the evolution of role of the abacus and of measures in the works of the first artist-scientists, according to the scientific thought of the time. From Humanism to Baroque, perspective ceases to be a research on the truth of the eye. On the contrary, it becomes the search of the the eye’s deception, exploiting mechanical devices and complex theorems of geometric optics. The original quest is therefore replaced by technical virtuosity. The final repertoire offers a selection of examples showing the wideness of the theme over the centuries.

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Maria Teresa Bartoli

University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-1492-6149

Monica Lusoli

University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-8553-3476

Maria Teresa Bartoli is Professor of Architecture Drawing and Surveying at the University of Florence. She is the author of a number of publications on Florence’s historical architecture and on perspective, and has been the manager of the Florence Unit of the PRIN 2010/11 project dedicated to Architecture perspectives.
Monica Lusoli is an architect and a PhD in History of Architecture. She collaborates in research and teaching activities with Fauzia Farneti, Professor of History of Art and Architecture.
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Book Title

Diminuzioni e accrescimenti

Book Subtitle

Le misure dei maestri di prospettiva

Editors

Maria Teresa Bartoli, Monica Lusoli

Peer Reviewed

Number of Pages

320

Publication Year

2018

Copyright Information

© 2018 Author(s)

Content License

CC BY 4.0

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CC0 1.0

Publisher Name

Firenze University Press

DOI

10.36253/978-88-6453-731-3

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978-88-6453-730-6

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978-88-6453-731-3

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978-88-9273-105-9

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Studi e saggi

Series ISSN

2704-6478

Series E-ISSN

2704-5919

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