Compass and rule : architecture as mathematical practice in England, 1500-1750 / Anthony Gerbino and Stephen Johnston ; with a contribution by Gordon Higgott
2009, First Edition. New Haven [Conn.] ; London Oxford New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #405012
ISBN: 9780300150933
Physical description; 208 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 30 cm. Notes; Published to accompany the exhibition at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford from 16 June to 6 September 2009 and the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, from 18 February to 30 May 2010. Contents; Medieval drawing and Gothic tradition -- The paper revolution: the origin of large-scale technical drawing under Henry VIII -- The mathematical practitioner and the Elizabethan architect -- The Vitruvian model: Inigo Jones and the culture of the book -- Vision, modelling, drawing: Christopher Wren's early career -- Structure and scale: the office of works at St. Paul's -- Gentlemen, practitioners, and instrumental architecture -- Raised high, brought low: architecture and mathematics around George III -- Geometry and structure in the dome of St. Paul's cathedral / Gordon Higgott -- Catalogue checklist. Subjects; North, Roger 1651-1734. University of Oxford. Museum of the History of Science (Oxford, England) ; Exhibitions Yale Center for British Art (New Haven, Conn.) ; Exhibitions. Architecture England History ; Exhibitions.
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