Verwandte Artikel zu The First Six Books Of The Elements Of Euclid: In Which...
The First Six Books Of The Elements Of Euclid: In Which Coloured Diagrams and Symbols Are Used Instead of Letters for the Greater Ease of Learners - Hardcover
Inhaltsangabe
25 Byrne editado por Taschen
Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
Reseña del editor
This tile deals with primary elements. It presents Euclid in living color. Nearly a century before Mondrian made geometrical red, yellow, and blue lines famous, 19th century mathematician Oliver Byrne employed the color scheme for the figures and diagrams in his most unusual 1847 edition of Euclid's Elements. The author makes it clear in his subtitle that this is a didactic measure intended to distinguish his edition from all others: "The Elements of Euclid in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners." As Surveyor of Her Majesty's Settlements in the Falkland Islands, Byrne had already published mathematical and engineering works previous to 1847, but never anything like his edition on Euclid. This remarkable example of Victorian printing has been described as one of the oddest and most beautiful books of the 19th century. Each proposition is set in Caslon italic, with a four-line initial, while the rest of the page is a unique riot of red, yellow, and blue. On some pages, letters and numbers only are printed in color, sprinkled over the pages like tiny wild flowers and demanding the most meticulous alignment of the different color plates for printing. Elsewhere, solid squares, triangles, and circles are printed in bright colors, expressing a verve not seen again on the pages of a book until the era of Dufy, Matisse, and Derain.
Biografía del autor
The author: Werner Oechslin (born 1944) studied art history, archaeology, philosophy and mathematics. After doctoral studies in Zurich in 1970 he taught at MIT and Harvard University. Since 1985 he has been a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, where he led the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture from 1986 to 2006. His research focuses on architectural theory and the cultural history of architecture. His most recent publication is "Palladianismus: Andrea Palladio - Werk und Wirkung "(2008). He is the founder of Bibliothek Werner Oechslin in Einsiedeln.
„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
- VerlagTaschen America Llc
- Erscheinungsdatum2013
- ISBN 10 3836544717
- ISBN 13 9783836544719
- EinbandTapa dura
- Anzahl der Seiten396
Beste Suchergebnisse beim ZVAB
Foto des Verkäufers
Byrne - Six Books of Euclid / Die ersten sechs Bücher der Elemente von Euklid-
Anbieter: Antiquariat Ehbrecht - Preis inkl. MwSt., Ilsede, Deutschland
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
4°, XXIX, 268 und 96 Seiten Essay (auf englisch, deutsch und französisch) mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen, farbig illustr. OPbd. - sehr guter Zustand - 2013. b90979 ISBN: 9783836544719 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1500. Artikel-Nr. 238931
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar