Diagrams for distorted projection
Date
17th century
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p5
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 243mm
width (page): 173mm
width (page): 173mm
Subject
Description
Diagrams relating to anamorphosis. This set of diagrams shows the basic principle whereby an original image (called 'archetypus'), in a square that is divided into equal squares, is transferred to the shape below, which has the same number of squares though much more flattened. The transferred image at the bottom will appear correct if an appropriate, elongating mirror is used.
Anamorphosis had been of interest to artists since the sixteenth century and the various rules for creating anamorphic images may be found, for example, in Jean-François Nicéron's Thaumaturgus opticus, sive amiranda optices (1646).
Anamorphosis had been of interest to artists since the sixteenth century and the various rules for creating anamorphic images may be found, for example, in Jean-François Nicéron's Thaumaturgus opticus, sive amiranda optices (1646).
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