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This survey traces the effects of geometry on artistic achievement and clearly discusses its importance to artists, scientists, architects, philosophers, and others. In addition to profiles of Vitruvius, Albrecht Durer, and Leonardo da Vinci, it includes a survey of projective geometry, mathematical curves, theories of perspective, architectural form, and concepts of space.Pedoe, Daniel is the author of 'Geometry and the Visual Arts', published 1983 under ISBN 9780486244587 and ISBN 048624458X.
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