Compass and rule: architecture as mathematical practice in England, 1500-1750
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New Haven ]Conn.[; London
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Oxford
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New Haven ]Conn.[
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Yale University Press
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Museum of the History of Science
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Yale Center for British Art
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c2009
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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208 p.: ill. )some col.(, maps, plans ; 30 cm.
GENERAL NOTES
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Published to accompany the exhibition at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford from 16 June to 6 September 2009 and the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, from 18 February to 30 May 2010
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 189-204( and index
NOTES PERTAINING TO TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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Anthony Gerbino and Stephen Johnston; with a contribution by Gordon Higgott
CONTENTS NOTE
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Medieval drawing and Gothic tradition -- The paper revolution: the origin of large-scale technical drawing under Henry VIII -- The mathematical practitioner and the Elizabethan architect -- The Vitruvian model: Inigo Jones and the culture of the book -- Vision, modelling, drawing: Christopher Wren's early career -- Structure and scale: the office of works at St. Paul's -- Gentlemen, practitioners, and instrumental architecture -- Raised high, brought low: architecture and mathematics around George III -- Geometry and structure in the dome of St. Paul's cathedral / Gordon Higgott -- Catalogue checklist
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
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Exhibitions ، Architectural practice - England - History
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Exhibitions ، Architecture - England - History
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Exhibitions ، Architects - England
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Exhibitions ، Mathematics - England - History
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Exhibitions ، Mathematicians - England
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Exhibitions ، Architecture - Mathematics
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Exhibitions ، Professions - England History - Social aspects
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
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720
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942/0903
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
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NA
1995
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G47
C66
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
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Gerbino, Anthony
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AU Johnston, Stephen 1961-
CO University of Oxford.Museum of the History of Science