Geometrical Objects

Architecture and the Mathematical Sciences 1400-1800

AvAnthony Gerbino

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

As a contribution to architectural history, the volume contextualizes design and construction in terms of contemporary mathematical knowledge, attendant forms of mathematical practice, and relevant social distinctions between the mathematical professions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-08-05
Mått:155 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt:610 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Archimedes
Antal sidor:318
Upplaga:2014
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319059976

Utforska kategorier

Arkitektur inom Kultur
Naturvetenskapens historia inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction.- Proportion and Continuous Variation in Vitruvius’s De Architectura.- The Palazzo Del Podestà in Bologna: Precision and Tolerance in a Building all’Antica.- Practical Mathematics in the Drawings of Baldassarre Peruzzi and Antonio da Sangallo the Younger.- Geometric Survey and Urban Design: A Project for the Rome of Paul IV (1555–1559).- Architecture and Mathematics in Early Modern Religious Orders.- The Master of Painted Architecture: Andrea Pozzo, S. J. and His Treatise on Perspective.- Geometry, Mechanics, and Analysis in Architecture.- Epistemological Obstacles to the Analysis of Structures: Giovanni Bottari’s Aversion to a Mathematical Assessment of Saint-Peter’s Dome (1743).- Scientific Concepts of Beauty in Architecture: Vitruvius Meets Descartes, Galileo and Newton.- Breathing Room: Calculating an Architecture of Air.- James “Athenian” Stuart and the Geometry of Setting Out.- Index.