Rhombicosidodecahedra -- Corpora regulata et irregulata -- Instruction in measurement -- Geometria and the Lehrbuch -- Lover of the art of perspective -- Cut apart in many ways -- The violence of whimsy -- Epilogue. Corpora irregulata et regulata.
Summary
"The Polyhedrists offers a critical history of the development of geometry in the early modern period, and explores the role of the platonic solids in late Renaissance art and culture"-- Provided by publisher.
Biography
Noam Andrews, a historian and architect, is Research Fellow in the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy at Ghent University, Belgium.
