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Description
294 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Corpora regulata et irregulata -- Beneath the surface -- Geometry unbound -- A lover of the art of perspective -- Cut apart in many ways -- Ivory towers.
Summary
"The Polyhedrists offers a critical history of the development of geometry in the early modern period, and explores the role of the platonic solids in late Renaissance art and culture"-- Provided by publisher.
