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Compass and rule : architecture as mathematical practice in England, 1500-1750
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Compass and rule : architecture as mathematical practice in England, 1500-1750

Anthony Gerbino

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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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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
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Compass and rule : architecture as mathematical practice in England, 1500-1750 by Anthony Gerbino. ISBN 9780300150933. Published by Yale University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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