Diagrams for distorted projection
Date
17th century
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p6
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 244mm
width (page): 169mm
width (page): 169mm
Subject
Description
Diagrams relating to anamorphosis. These diagrams show how to transfer an image (called 'archetypus') on a plane so that it would look correct when reflected in a conic mirror.
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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