Comment 1: I chose as my first comparative work La Pratica di Prospettiva by Lorenzo Sirigatti. Like Salomon de Caus’ La Perspective, this book has as its main objective to teach the art of perspective drawing. They are probably two books intended to initiate their readers to drawing. Indeed, there are chapters to learn how…
Author: Noé Bugnon
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Noé Bugnon To find works related to that of Salomon de Caus, it was necessary to look at theoretical books, of very concrete learning. In “La Perspective”, we learn how to draw everyday objects. I used the terms draw, perspective, architecture, learn, etc. and the brain “Xenotheka Library”, certainly the most complete concerning treaties on…
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Noé Bugnon 20-420-592 The title of the book is more or less telling. It is easy to understand that the author is trying to transmit his knowledge about perspectives and the drawing of them.The complete title is: “La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et miroirs”, in English: “Perspective, with the reason of shadows and…
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Unfortunately it wasn’t possible to physically meet the book because it is under high protection and not available for the public. I still found on the website of The Metropolitan Museum of Art the dimensions of the book: 39×26.5×5 cm https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/777804 I decided to choose these two pages in order to illustrate two different aspects…