The spread of Renaissance culture in England coincided with the birth of the profession of architecture, whose practitioners soon became superior to simple builders in social standing and perceived intellectual prowess. This stimulating book, which focuses in particular on the scientist, mathematician, and architect Sir Christopher Wren, explores the extent to which this new professional identity was based on expertise in the mathematical arts and sciences.
Featuring drawings, instruments, paintings, and other examples of the material culture of English architecture, the book discusses the role of mathematics in architectural design and building technology. It begins with architectural drawing in the 16th century, moves to large-scale technical drawing under Henry VIII, considers Inigo Jones and his royal buildings and Christopher Wren and the dome of St. Paul’s, and concludes with the architectural education of George III. Interweaving text and visual image, the book investigates the boundaries between art and science in architecture―the most artistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the arts.
Exhibition Schedule:
Yale Center for British Art (opens February 2010)
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Anthony Gerbino is a senior research fellow at Worcester College, Oxford. Stephen Johnston is Assistant Keeper at the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford.
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hardcover. Condición: fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: fine. With contribution by Gordon Higgott. Beautifully and extensively illustrated. 208 pages, 4to, black cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press in association with Museum of the History of Science, (2009). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Nº de ref. del artículo: 328001
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Condición: New. The spread of Renaissance culture in England coincided with the birth of the profession of architecture, whose practitioners became superior to simple builders in social standing and perceived intellectual prowess. This book explores the extent to which this professional identity was based on expertise in the mathematical arts and sciences. Num Pages: 192 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 290 x 254 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1460. . 2009. Hardcover. . . . . Nº de ref. del artículo: V9780300150933
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. 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. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations. Nº de ref. del artículo: 405012
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