A Compleat Treatise on Perspective

A Compleat Treatise on Perspective
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Total Pages : 412
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ISBN-10 : DMM:057003566175
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Synopsis A Compleat Treatise on Perspective by : Thomas Malton

A Compleat Treatise on Perspective

A Compleat Treatise on Perspective
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Total Pages : 410
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ISBN-10 : BSB:BSB10942241
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Synopsis A Compleat Treatise on Perspective by : Thomas Malton

A Compleat Treatise on Perspective

A Compleat Treatise on Perspective
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Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:1008357804
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Synopsis A Compleat Treatise on Perspective by : Thomas Malton

Sherlock Holmes in Babylon and Other Tales of Mathematical History

Sherlock Holmes in Babylon and Other Tales of Mathematical History
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Publisher : American Mathematical Society
Total Pages : 399
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ISBN-10 : 9781470470036
ISBN-13 : 1470470039
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Synopsis Sherlock Holmes in Babylon and Other Tales of Mathematical History by : Marlow Anderson

Covering a span of almost 4000 years, from the ancient Babylonians to the eighteenth century, this collection chronicles the enormous changes in mathematical thinking over this time as viewed by distinguished historians of mathematics from the past and the present. Each of the four sections of the book (Ancient Mathematics, Medieval and Renaissance Mathematics, The Seventeenth Century, The Eighteenth Century) is preceded by a Foreword, in which the articles are put into historical context, and followed by an Afterword, in which they are reviewed in the light of current historical scholarship. In more than one case, two articles on the same topic are included to show how knowledge and views about the topic changed over the years. This book will be enjoyed by anyone interested in mathematics and its history - and, in particular, by mathematics teachers at secondary, college, and university levels.

Furniture-Makers and Consumers in England, 1754–1851

Furniture-Makers and Consumers in England, 1754–1851
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 9781317131281
ISBN-13 : 1317131282
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Synopsis Furniture-Makers and Consumers in England, 1754–1851 by : Akiko Shimbo

Covering the period from the publication of Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Makers' Director (1754) to the Great Exhibition (1851), this book analyses the relationships between producer retailers and consumers of furniture and interior design, and explores what effect dialogues surrounding these transactions had on the standardisation of furniture production during this period. This was an era, before mass production, when domestic furniture was made both to order and from standard patterns and negotiations between producers and consumers formed a crucial part of the design and production process. This study narrows in on three main areas of this process: the role of pattern books and their readers; the construction of taste and style through negotiation; and daily interactions through showrooms and other services, to reveal the complexities of English material culture in a period of industrialisation.

Architecture and ekphrasis

Architecture and ekphrasis
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 223
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ISBN-10 : 9781526150288
ISBN-13 : 152615028X
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Synopsis Architecture and ekphrasis by : Dana Arnold

Architecture and ekphrasis examines how eighteenth-century prints and drawings of antique architecture operated as representations of thought. Using original archival material, it considers the idea of the past in the period, specifically how it was discovered and described, and investigates how space and time inform visual ekphrasis or descriptions of architecture. The idea of embodiment is used to explore the various methods of describing architecture – including graphic techniques, measurement and perspective – all of which demonstrate choices about different modes of ekphrasis. This well-illustrated, accessibly written study will be of interest to academics and students working in a broad range of subject areas. It will also be an essential teaching tool for increasingly popular cross-disciplinary courses.

The Painter in Oil; A Complete Treatise on the Principles and Technique Necessary to the Painting of Pictures in Oil Colors

The Painter in Oil; A Complete Treatise on the Principles and Technique Necessary to the Painting of Pictures in Oil Colors
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781329176676
ISBN-13 : 1329176677
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Synopsis The Painter in Oil; A Complete Treatise on the Principles and Technique Necessary to the Painting of Pictures in Oil Colors by : Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst

BOOKS of instruction in the practice of painting have rarely been successful. Chiefly because they have been too narrow in their point of view, and have dealt more with recipes than with principles. It is not possible to give any one manner of painting that shall be right for all men and all subjects. To say ""do thus and so"" will not teach any one to paint. But there are certain principles which underlie all painting, and all schools of painting; and to state clearly the most important of these will surely be helpful, and may accomplish something. It is the purpose of this book to deal practically with the problems which are the study of the painter, and to make clear, as far as may be, the principles which are involved in them. I believe that this is the only way in which written instruction on painting can be of any use. (From the Preface) Get Your Copy Today!