The Mirror, the Window, and the Telescope

The Mirror, the Window, and the Telescope
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Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 0801474809
ISBN-13 : 9780801474804
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Book Synopsis The Mirror, the Window, and the Telescope by : Samuel Y. Edgerton

Download or read book The Mirror, the Window, and the Telescope written by Samuel Y. Edgerton and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edgerton shows how linear perspective emerged in early fifteenth-century Florence out of an artistic and religious context in which devout Christians longed for divine presence in their daily lives and ultimately undermined medieval Christian cosmology.


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