Author: John Joshua KIRBYPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Dr Brook Taylor's Method of Perspective made easy both in theory and practice ... By J. Kirby ... Illustrated with ... copper plates, most of which are engrav'd by the author. With a frontispiece by Hogarth
Author: John Joshua KIRBYBrook Taylor’s Work on Linear Perspective
Author: Kirsti AndersenPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461209358
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The aim of this book is to make accessible the two important but rare works of Brook Taylor and to describe his role in the history of linear perspective. Taylor's works, Linear Perspective and New Principles on Linear Perspective, are among the most important sources in the history of the theory of perspective. This text focuses on two aspects of this history. The first is the development, starting in the beginning of the 17th century, of a mathematical theory of perspective where gifted mathematicians used their creativity to solve basic problems of perspective and simultaneously were inspired to consider more general problems in the projective geometry. Taylor was one of the key figures in this development. The second aspect concerns the problem of transmitting the knowledge gained by mathematicians to the practitioners. Although Taylor's books were mathematical rather than challenging, he was the first mathematician to succeed in making the practitioners interested in teaching the theoretical foundation of perspective. He became so important in the development that he was named "the father of modern perspective" in England. The English school of Taylor followers contained among others the painter John Kirby and Joseph Highmore and the scientist Joseph Priestley. After its translation to Italian and French in the 1750s, Taylor's work became popular on the continent.
Dr. Brook Taylor's Method of Perspective Made Easy
Author: John Joshua KirbyDR BROOK TAYLORS METHOD OF PER
Author: John Joshua 1716-1774 KirbyPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781363047208
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Dr. Brook Taylor's Method of Perspective Made Easy, Both in Theory and Practice ...
Author: John Joshua KirbyDr. Brook Taylor's Method of Perspective Made Easy
Author: The Repertory Of Arts And Manufactures: Consisting Of Original Communications, Specifications Of Patent Inventions, And Selections Of Useful Practical Papers From The Transactions Of The Philosophical Societies Of All Nations, &c. &c
Author: A general dictionary of painters, revised, with additions
Author: Matthew PilkingtonA catalogue of modern books on architecture, theoretical, practical, and ornamental ... Which, with the best ancient authors, are constantly on sale at J. Taylor's architectural library, etc
Author: I. and J. Taylor's Architectural Library (London, England)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 16
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A General Dictionary Of Painters
Author: Matthew PilkingtonPublisher:
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Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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