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Viewpoints : mathematical perspective and fractal geometry in art /

Viewpoints focuses on two mathematical areas: perspective related to drawing man-made forms and fractal geometry related to drawing natural forms. Investigating facets of the three-dimensional world in order to understand mathematical concepts behind the art, the textbook explores art topics includi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frantz, Marc, 1951-
Otros Autores: Crannell, Annalisa
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, Ã2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to perspective and space coordinates
  • Artist vignette: Sherry Stone
  • Perspective by the numbers
  • Artist vignette: Peter Galante
  • Vanishing points and viewpoints
  • Artist vignette: Jim Rose
  • Rectangles in one-point perspective
  • What's my line?: a perspective game
  • Two-point perspective
  • Artist vignette: Robert Bosch
  • Three-point perspective and beyond
  • Artist vignette: Dick Termes
  • Anamorphic art
  • Viewpoints at the movies: the Hitchcock zoom
  • Introduction to fractal geometry
  • Artist vignette: Teri Wagner
  • Fractal dimension
  • Artist vignette: Kerry Mitchell.