Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 2Prentice-Hall, 1976 - Art |
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... perspective - that is , a perspective in which all parallel lines in a given visual field converge at a single vanishing point on the horizon . Brunelleschi's perspective was derived from the observation of actual buildings . In the ...
... perspective - that is , a perspective in which all parallel lines in a given visual field converge at a single vanishing point on the horizon . Brunelleschi's perspective was derived from the observation of actual buildings . In the ...
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... perspective is carried to extremes in the work of a beguiling master known even in the Renaissance as an eccentric . Paolo Uccello ( 1397-1475 ) is said to have burned the midnight oil over perspective constructions , including a ...
... perspective is carried to extremes in the work of a beguiling master known even in the Renaissance as an eccentric . Paolo Uccello ( 1397-1475 ) is said to have burned the midnight oil over perspective constructions , including a ...
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... perspective . A moment's reflection will indicate that such perspective triumphs correspond to the actual perspective lines of the church only from a single 253. BALDASSARE LONGHENA . Exterior , Sta . Maria della Salute . 1631-87 ...
... perspective . A moment's reflection will indicate that such perspective triumphs correspond to the actual perspective lines of the church only from a single 253. BALDASSARE LONGHENA . Exterior , Sta . Maria della Salute . 1631-87 ...
Contents
PROLOGUE | 9 |
The Early Renaissance in Northern | 70 |
The High Renaissance in Florence | 117 |
Copyright | |
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