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Gerbino, Anthony.

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

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Compass and rule :Anthony Gerbino and Stephen Johnston ; with a contribution by Gordon Higgott.
Reminder of title:	architecture as mathematical practice in England, 1500-1750 /
remainder title:	Compass & rule
Author:	Gerbino, Anthony.
other author:	Johnston, Stephen,
Published:	New Haven [Conn.] ;Yale University Press ;c2009.
Description:	208 p. :ill. (some col.), maps, plans ;30 cm.
Notes:	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.
Subject:	Architectural practiceExhibitions.HistoryEngland
ISBN:	9780300150933 (hbk.) :

Compass and rule :architecture as mathematical practice in England, 1500-1750 /
Gerbino, Anthony.

Compass and rule :architecture as mathematical practice in England, 1500-1750 /Compass & ruleAnthony Gerbino and Stephen Johnston ; with a contribution by Gordon Higgott. - New Haven [Conn.] ;Yale University Press ;c2009. - 208 p. :ill. (some col.), maps, plans ;30 cm.

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.

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.

ISBN: 9780300150933 (hbk.) :NT$1715

LCCN: 2009008861Subjects--Topical Terms:

614687
Architectural practice
--History--England--Exhibitions.

LC Class. No.: NA1995 / .G47 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 720.942/0903

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