The Mirror, the Window, and the Telescope
Author | : Samuel Y. Edgerton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
ISBN-10 | : 0801447585 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780801447587 |
Rating | : 4/5 (587 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Mirror, the Window, and the Telescope written by Samuel Y. Edgerton and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edgerton shows how linear perspective emerged in early fifteenth-century Florence out of an artistic and religious context in which devout Christians longed for divine presence in their daily lives and ultimately undermined medieval Christian cosmology.