The Mirror, the Window, and the Telescope
Download or Read eBook The Mirror, the Window, and the Telescope PDF 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.
| Author | : Samuel Y. Edgerton |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 222 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0801474809 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780801474804 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Mirror, the Window, and the Telescope by : Samuel Y. Edgerton
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.
