Edgerton, Samuel Y.. The mirror, the window, and the telescope : how Renaissance linear perspective changed our vision of the universe

Folger bibliographic ID: 235507
Folger call number: NC748 .E34 2009
Folger holdings ID: 289202

General notes

Update and sequel to: The Renaissance rediscovery of linear perspective Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-191) and index

Contents

Introduction: picturing the mind's eye -- Crisis in Christendom -- And God said, "Let there be light!" perspectiva naturalis -- Fra Antonino -- When did perspectiva naturalis become perspectiva artificialis? -- Brunelleschi's mirror -- Brunelleschi's method -- Brunelleschi's second perspective panel -- Brunelleschi's heritage: Masaccio's Trinity -- "Oh, che dolce cosa è questa prospettiva!" Donatello and Masaccio -- More Masaccio, Masolino, and even Fra Angelico -- Alberti's method -- Alberti's window -- Alberti's legacy: Raphael's Stanza della Segnatura and beyond -- Galileo's "perspective tube" -- Postface: post perspectivam

Extended title: The mirror, the window, and the telescope : how Renaissance linear perspective changed our vision of the universe / Samuel Y. Edgerton

Perspective Visual perception Art, Renaissance

author: Edgerton, Samuel Y.