Perspective in the Visual Culture of Classical Antiquity
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1107025907
ISBN-13
9781107025905
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 17th, 2012
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
424 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 17.00 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Classical history / classical civilisationCultural studiesCultural studiesAncient history
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This book investigates theories of linear perspective in classical antiquity.
Linear perspective is a science that represents objects in space upon a plane, projecting them from a point of view. This concept was known in classical antiquity. In this book, Rocco Sinisgalli investigates theories of linear perspective in the classical era. Departing from the received understanding of perspective in the ancient world, he argues that ancient theories of perspective were primarily based on the study of objects in mirrors, rather than the study of optics and the workings of the human eye. In support of this argument, Sinisgalli analyzes, and offers new insights into, some of the key classical texts on this topic, including Euclid's De speculis, Lucretius' De rerum natura, Vitruvius' De architectura and Ptolemy's De opticis. Key concepts throughout the book are clarified and enhanced by detailed illustrations.
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