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Concept

Perspective

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  • A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.
  • Tab. 17. Woodcut diagram. La perspective curieuse...1663.
  • John Locke: frontal view of bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.
  • John Locke: perspective of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.
  • Tab. 15. Woodcut diagram. La perspective curieuse...1663.
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Catalogue

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    A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

    | Date: 1 July 1786 | Reference: 25991i
    • Books

    Samvelis Marolois ... Mathematicvm opvs absolvtissimvm: continens geometriae, fortificationis, architecturæ, et perspectivae theoreticae ac practicae regulas, demonstrationes, et figuras perfectissimas / [Samuel Marolois].

    Marolois, Samuel. | Date: 1633
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    L'hypothèse d'Oxford : essai sur les origines de la perspective / Dominique Raynaud.

    Raynaud, Dominique. | Date: 1998
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    John Locke: perspective of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

    Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801. | Date: c. 1789 | Reference: 28750i
    • Books

    The elements of optics. In four books. Book I. Simple optics, or direct vision. Book II. Catoptrics, or reflected vision. Book III. Dioptrics, or refracted vision. Book IV. The construction of optical instruments / [William Emerson].

    Emerson, William, 1701-1782. | Date: 1768
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