Teaching Euclid in a Practical Context: Linear Perspective and Practical Geometry

Autor/in	Camerota, Filippo
Titel	Teaching Euclid in a Practical Context: Linear Perspective and Practical Geometry
Quelle	In: Science & Education, 15 (2006) 2-4, S.323-334 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0926-7220
DOI	10.1007/s11191-004-3054-1
Schlagwörter	Optics; Geometry; Mathematics; Geometric Concepts; Mathematics Instruction; Scientific Concepts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Optik; Geometrie; Mathematik; Elementare Geometrie; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht
Abstract	This article explores the transmission of practical knowledge in the XV and XVI centuries. According to cosmographer Egnatio Danti, optics and other mathematical sciences had "been banished" from the main philosophical schools of his period, and "the little which remains to us is limited to some practical aspects learned from the mechanical artificers". The "mechanical artificers" were architects, painters and surveyors whose mathematical training constitutes the subject dealt with in this article. The context of Danti's remark was the letter to the "Accademici del Disegno" of Perugia which introduce his Italian translation of Euclid's "Optics". After the great Medieval season of optical studies, in effect, this science progressed mainly through its practical applications, especially through "that part of perspective which pertains to painting" (Piero della Francesca), and through the spread of methods and instruments for measuring by sight. (As Provided).
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