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A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.
Date: 1 July 1786Reference: 25991i
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Samvelis Marolois ... Mathematicvm opvs absolvtissimvm: continens geometriae, fortificationis, architecturæ, et perspectivae theoreticae ac practicae regulas, demonstrationes, et figuras perfectissimas / [Samuel Marolois].
Samuel MaroloisDate: 1633
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L'hypothèse d'Oxford : essai sur les origines de la perspective / Dominique Raynaud.
Dominique RaynaudDate: 1998
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John Locke: perspective of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.
Daniel Nikolaus ChodowieckiDate: c. 1789Reference: 28750i
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Short and plain principles of linear perspective , particularly adapted to shipping, &c. Containing rules to draw correctly the picturesque forms of ships, &c. In all their various Postures. Very necessary for Students, to enable them to judge of Correctness, in the Productions of the Professors of this Branch. With six copper-plates. By A. Cobin.
Cobin, A.Date: M.DCC.LXXV. [1775]
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The practice of perspective or, an easy method of representing natural objects according to the rules of art. Applied and exemplified in all the Variety of Cases; as Landskips, Gardens, Buildings of divers Kinds, their Appendages, Parts, Furniture, &c. With Rules for the Proportions, Positions, &c. of Figures, both in Draught and Relievo. Also the Manner of conducting the Shadows by divers Luminaries: and Practical Methods of Designing truly, without understanding any Rules at all. A Work highly necessary for Painters, Engravers, Architects, Embroiderers, Statuaries, Jewellers, Tapestry-Workers, And others concerned in Designing. The whole illustrated with one hundred and fifty copper-plates. Written in French by a Jesuit of Paris; since translated into German by Ch. Rembold; and into English, by Rob. Pricke: and now, a second time, into the same language, by E. Chambers.
Dubreuil, Jean, 1602-1670.Date: MDCCXXVI. [1726]
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The elements of optics. In four books. Book I. Simple optics, or direct vision. Book II. Catoptrics, or reflected vision. Book III. Dioptrics, or refracted vision. Book IV. The construction of optical instruments / [William Emerson].
William EmersonDate: 1768
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Bowles's practice of perspective or, an easy method of representing natural objects according to the rules of art. Applied and exemplified in all the Variety of Cases; as Landscapes, Gardens, Buildings of divers Kinds, their Appendages, Parts, and Furniture. With Rules for the Proportion and Position of Figures, both in Draught and Relievo. Also the Manner of conducting the Shadows, produced either by Natural or Artificial Luminaries; and Practical Methods of Drawing after Nature, when the Process of Rules are not understood. A work highly necessary for painters, Engravers, Architects, Embroiderers, Statuaries, Jewellers, Tapestry-Workers, and others concerned in designing. The whole illustrated with one hundred and fifty copper-plates. Written in French by a Jesuit of Paris. Translated by E. Chambers, Author of Cyclopaedia; or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences.
Dubreuil, Jean, 1602-1670.Date: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]
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The invention of infinity : mathematics and art in the Renaissance / J. V. Field.
Judith V. FieldDate: 1997
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The young painter's maulstick being a practical treatise on perspective; containing rules and principles for delineation on planes, Treated so as to render the Art of Drawing correctly, easy of Attainment even to common Capacities; and entertaining at the same Time, from its Truth and Facility. Founded on the clear mechanical process of Vignola and Sirigatti; united with the theoretic principles of the celebrated Dr. Brook Taylor. Addressed to Students in Drawing. By James Malton, Architect and Draftsman.
Malton, James, d. 1803.Date: 1800
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Le due regole della prospettiva pratica / di Iacomo Barozzi da Vignola ; con i comentarij del R.P.M. Egnatio Danti.
Giacomo Barozzi da VignolaDate: 1583
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The science of art : optical themes in western art from Brunelleschi to Seurat / Martin Kemp.
Martin KempDate: 1990
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La freccia nell'occhio : psicologia della prospettiva e arte rinascimentale / Michael Kubovy.
Michael KubovyDate: 1992
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The psychology of perspective and Renaissance art / Michael Kubovy.
Michael KubovyDate: 1986
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La perspective affranchie de l'embaras du plan géometral / J.H. Lambert.
Johann Heinrich LambertDate: 1977
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John Locke: frontal view of bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.
Daniel Nikolaus ChodowieckiDate: c. 1789Reference: 28748i
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A woman looking through a level and holding a ruler and compasses, standing in front of a grid; representing perspective. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
Étienne DelauneDate: 1560-1569Reference: 25856i
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The practice of perspective or, an easy method of representing natural objects according to the rules of art. Applied and exemplified in all the Variety of Cases; as landskips, gardens, buildings, of divers kinds, their appendages, parts, furniture, &c. With rules for the proportions, positions &c. With rules for the Proportions, Positions, &c. figures, both in Draught and Relievo. Also the Manner of conducting the Shadows by divers Luminaries; and Practical Methods of Designing truly, without understanding any Rules at all. A work highly necessary for painters, Engravers, Architects, Embroiderers, Statuaries, Jewellers, Tapestry-Workers, Tapestry-Workers, And others concerned in Designing. The whole illustrated with one hundred and fifty copper-plates. Written in French by a Jesuit of Paris; since translated into German, by Ch. Rembold and into English, by Rob. Pricke, And now, a second time, into the same Language, by E. Chambers, F.R.S. To which is prefixed The theory of perspective, in which the Reasons and Grounds of the several Methods made use of in the Practice are shewed and demonstrated, by James Hodgson, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Master of the Royal Mathematical School in Christ Hospital.
Dubreuil, Jean, 1602-1670.Date: MDCCXLIII. [1743]
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Tab. 15. Woodcut diagram. La perspective curieuse...1663.
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A treatise of perspective . Or, the art of representing all manner of objects' as they appear to the eye in all situations. Containing The Elements of Designing and Painting. Illustrated with above 50 figures in Copper. Written originally in French, by Bernard Lamy Priest of the Oratory, and faithfully translated into English, by an officer of His Majesties Ordnance.
Lamy, Bernard, 1640-1715.Date: 1702
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The art of writing and drawing : a selection of one hundred books from the Ekström Collection in the National Library for Psychology and Education, Stockholm a descriptive and annotated catalogue of 16th through 18th rare and important books on calligraphy - perspective - architecture - drawing - anatomy - colours and related arts / compiled by Ove Hagelin.
Ove HagelinDate: 1987
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Tab. 10. Woodcut diagram. La perspective curieuse...1663.
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An introduction to the study of painting, arranged under three heads, viz. geometry, perspective, and light and shadow, elucidated by question and answer / By E. Rudge.
Rudge, Edgar.Date: 1828
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The theory of perspective demonstrated in a method entirely new. By which the several planes, lines, and points, used in this art, are shewn by moveable schemes, in the true positions in which they are to be considered. Invented, and now published for the use of the Royal Academy at Woolwich. By John Lodge Cowley, professor of Mathematicks.
Cowley, John Lodge, 1719-1797.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]
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A compleat treatise on perspective, in theory and practice; on the true principles of Dr. Brook Taylor. Made clear, in theory, by various moveable schemes, and diagrams; and reduced to practice ... Containing diagrams, views, and original designs, in architecture, &c. ... All originals; / invented, delineated, and, great part, engraved by the author, Thomas Malton.
Thomas MaltonDate: 1778

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A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

Samvelis Marolois ... Mathematicvm opvs absolvtissimvm: continens geometriae, fortificationis, architecturæ, et perspectivae theoreticae ac practicae regulas, demonstrationes, et figuras perfectissimas / [Samuel Marolois].

L'hypothèse d'Oxford : essai sur les origines de la perspective / Dominique Raynaud.

John Locke: perspective of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

The elements of optics. In four books. Book I. Simple optics, or direct vision. Book II. Catoptrics, or reflected vision. Book III. Dioptrics, or refracted vision. Book IV. The construction of optical instruments / [William Emerson].

The invention of infinity : mathematics and art in the Renaissance / J. V. Field.

Le due regole della prospettiva pratica / di Iacomo Barozzi da Vignola ; con i comentarij del R.P.M. Egnatio Danti.

The science of art : optical themes in western art from Brunelleschi to Seurat / Martin Kemp.

La freccia nell'occhio : psicologia della prospettiva e arte rinascimentale / Michael Kubovy.

The psychology of perspective and Renaissance art / Michael Kubovy.

La perspective affranchie de l'embaras du plan géometral / J.H. Lambert.

John Locke: frontal view of bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

A woman looking through a level and holding a ruler and compasses, standing in front of a grid; representing perspective. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

Tab. 15. Woodcut diagram. La perspective curieuse...1663.

Tab. 10. Woodcut diagram. La perspective curieuse...1663.

An introduction to the study of painting, arranged under three heads, viz. geometry, perspective, and light and shadow, elucidated by question and answer / By E. Rudge.