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Perspective in the Visual Culture of Classical Antiquity (Hardcover, New)
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Perspective in the Visual Culture of Classical Antiquity (Hardcover, New)
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Linear perspective is a science that represents objects in space
upon a plane, projecting them from a point of view. This concept
was known in classical antiquity. In this book, Rocco Sinisgalli
investigates theories of linear perspective in the classical era.
Departing from the received understanding of perspective in the
ancient world, he argues that ancient theories of perspective were
primarily based on the study of objects in mirrors, rather than the
study of optics and the workings of the human eye. In support of
this argument, Sinisgalli analyzes, and offers new insights into,
some of the key classical texts on this topic, including Euclid's
De speculis, Lucretius' De rerum natura, Vitruvius' De
architectura, and Ptolemy's De opticis. Key concepts throughout the
book are clarified and enhanced by detailed illustrations.
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