Visual Culture and Mathematics in the Early Modern Period By: Ingrid Alexander-Skipnes Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780367334161, 036733416X eText ISBN: 9781317192053, 1317192052 Edition: 1st Copyright year: 2017 Format: EPUB Available from $ 23.18 USD SKU 9781317192053R90 During the early modern period there was a natural correspondence between how artists might benefit from the knowledge of mathematics and how mathematicians might explore, through advances in the study of visual culture, new areas of enquiry that would uncover the mysteries of the visible world. This volume makes its contribution by offering new interdisciplinary approaches that not only investigate perspective but also examine how mathematics enriched aesthetic theory and the human mind. The contributors explore the portrayal of mathematical activity and mathematicians as well as their ideas and instruments, how artists displayed thei Download ebook: https://ouo.io/aUbUjp
