Compass and rule : architecture as mathematical practice in England, 1500-1750

Compass and rule : architecture as mathematical practice in England, 1500-1750

Compass & rule

New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Oxford : New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press ; In association with Museum of the History of Science ; In association with the Yale Center for British Art, c2009.

208 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 30 cm.

720.942 G363 2009

(OCoLC)262432358

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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-204) and index.
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.
L2011G17

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