Concept

Geometry

Images

  • Architecture: the geometry of a curved staircase. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.
  • The Académie des Sciences et des Beaux Arts, Paris: showing various methods of study and teaching with a lettered key. Line engraving.
  • Melancholia: a female figure contemplating a skull, surrounded by attributes of knowledge and learning. Engraving after D. Fetti.
  • Outlines and designs of foreheads, showing their wrinkles and contours. Drawing, c. 1794.

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