Main entry:

Gerbino, Anthony.

Title & Author:

Compass and rule : architecture as mathematical practice in England, 1500-1750 / Anthony Gerbino and Stephen Johnston ; with a contribution by Gordon Higgott.

Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press ; Oxford : in association with Museum of the History of Science ; New Haven [Conn.] : in association with the Yale Center for British Art, ©2009.

Description:

208 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 30 cm

Notes:
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-204) and index.
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.

ISBN:

9780300150933 (alk. paper)
0300150938 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Architectural practice England History Exhibitions.
Architecture England History Exhibitions.
Architects England Exhibitions.
Mathematics England History Exhibitions.
Mathematicians England Exhibitions.
Architecture Mathematics Exhibitions.
Professions Social aspects England History Exhibitions.
Architecture Angleterre Histoire Expositions.
Architectes Angleterre Expositions.
Mathématiques Angleterre Histoire Expositions.
Mathématiciens Angleterre Expositions.
Professions libérales Aspect social Angleterre Histoire Expositions.
Architects
Architectural practice
Architecture
Architecture Mathematics
Mathematicians
Mathematics
Professions Social aspects
Arkitektur matematik historia England 1500-1800.
Matematik historia England 1500-1800.
England

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Johnston, Stephen, 1961-
University of Oxford. Museum of the History of Science.
Yale Center for British Art.

Compass & rule

Holdings:

Location: Library main 263379
Call No.: NA1995 .G47 2009
Status: Available