Piero della Francesca: A Mathematician s Art - Hardcover

Field, J.V.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300103425 ISBN 13: 9780300103427

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Piero della Francesca, one of the greatest painters of the fifteenth century, was also an accomplished mathematician. This book the first combined study of Piero’s work as a mathematician and as a painter explores the connections between these two activities and thus enhances our understanding of both his paintings and his writings.

J. V. Field begins by describing Piero’s education, family background, and training as a painter. The book then examines the strong sense of three-dimensional form shown in his art and the abstract solid geometry discussed in his writings. Field next considers Piero’s treatise on perspective and paintings that exemplify the prescriptions it provides and assesses the optical or pictorial rules” Piero followed as a painter. Piero is identified as a figure of some intellectual weight as a learned craftsman. The book concludes by considering the historical significance of the tradition to which he belonged and its connections with the Scientific Revolution.

About this title

Book Description:

Piero della Francesca was not only a great fifteenth-century painter but was also an accomplished mathematician. This book is the first full study of how these two activities were interrelated.

About the Author:

J. V. Field is honorary visiting research fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0300103425
• ISBN 13: 9780300103427
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256