Re:New Da Vinci bio portrays a man obsessed with knowledge, ...
by LoSboccacc on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @07:29AM
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uhm, where in those books cars, tanks and bikes with building schematics? or instruction on how correct for perspective paintings? not gonna go and read all of them to check, so interested in pointers.
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Re:New Da Vinci bio portrays a man obsessed with knowledge, ...
by partycoder on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @02:57PM
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Understanding perspective requires understanding geometry and optics. Euclid was one of the first in creating a working framework for this in his work Optics. Euclid's work was introduced in Europe during the Latin translations of the 12th century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_translations_of_the_12th...